Biology:Enixotrophon ceciliae

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Enixotrophon ceciliae
Enixotrophon ceciliae (MNHN-IM-2000-4544).jpeg
Shell of Enixotrophon ceciliae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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Gastropoda
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E. ceciliae
Binomial name
Enixotrophon ceciliae
(Houart, 2003) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pagodula ceciliae (Houart, 2003)
  • Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003

Enixotrophon ceciliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The shell is lightly built, lamellate, and reaches 61.4 mm in length at maturity. It has a high spire, with 6 or more broad, convex teleoconch whorls, and an impressed suture.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile at a depth of 1000 m.

References

  1. Houart. 2003. Novapex 4 (4): 101-110. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Enixotrophon ceciliae (Houart, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869769 on 2021-11-25
  3. Société belge de malacologie.; malacologie, Société belge de; malacologie, Société belge de (2003). Novapex : trimestriel de la Société belge de malacologie.. 4. Bruxelles: La Société. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/133741. 
  • Marshall B.A. & Houart R. (2011) The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1): 89–114. [Published March 2011] page(s): 113

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