Abyssotrophon delicatus

Abyssotrophon delicatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Abyssotrophon
Species: A. delicatus
Binomial name
Abyssotrophon delicatus
(Kuroda, 1953)
Synonyms[1]
  • Abyssotrophon convexus Egorov, 1994
  • Abyssotrophon unicus Egorov, 1993
  • Trophonopsis delicatus Kuroda, 1953

Abyssotrophon delicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

The shell of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

References

  1. ^ a b Abyssotrophon delicatus (Kuroda, 1953).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399074 on 21 October 2011.

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