Biology:Actinotrophon actinophorus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Actinotrophon actinophorus
Shell of Actinotrophon actinophorus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricidae (unassigned)
Genus:	Actinotrophon
Species:	A. actinophorus
Binomial name
Actinotrophon actinophorus (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
Boreotrophon actinophorus Dall, 1889 Poirieria (Actinotrophon) actinophora (Dall, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation Poirieria actinophora (Dall, 1889) Trophon (Boreotrophon) actinophorus Dall, 1889

Actinotrophon actinophorus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

External links

• Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40

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