Benthoxystus petterdi

Benthoxystus petterdi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Benthoxystus
Species: B. petterdi
Binomial name
Benthoxystus petterdi
(Brazier in Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms[1]

Trophon clathratus Tenison Woods, 1876
Trophon petterdi Brazier in Crosse, 1870

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Benthoxystus petterdi (Brazier in Crosse, 1870).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399110 on 24 April 2010.