Trophonopsis muricata

Trophonopsis muricata

Trophonopsis muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Trophonopsis
Species:	T. muricata
Binomial name
*Trophonopsis muricata* (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms^[1]
Fusus asperrimus Leach in Brown, 1827 Fusus barvicensis Johnston, 1825 Fusus cancellatus Bivona, 1838 Fusus longurio Weinkauff, 1866 Murex muricatus Montagu, 1803 Murex recticanalis Wood, 1879 Trophon curta Locard, 1892 Trophon muricatus (Montagu, 1803) Trophon muricatus var. aspera Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 Trophon muricatus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867 Trophon muricatus var. major Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 Trophon muricatus var. minor Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 Trophonopsis muricatus albinus Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977 Trophonopsis muricatus var. minor Locard, 1897

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

This species is distributed in European waters, in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Black Sea, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean along Portugal, Spain and the Azores

^ ^a ^b Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152370 on 14 May 2011.

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