Acanthotrophon

Acanthotrophon
A shell of Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1869
A shell of Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Acanthotrophon
Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Acanthotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Acanthotrophon include:

References

  1. ^ Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397212 on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407934 on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1969.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407935 on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Acanthotrophon sorenseni (Hertlein & Strong, 1951).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407936 on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Acanthotrophon striatoides Vokes, 1980.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407937 on 25 April 2010.