Calotrophon ostrearum

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Calotrophon ostrearum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Calotrophon
Species: C. ostrearum
Binomial name
Calotrophon ostrearum
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988
Fusus mexicanus Reeve, 1848
Murex ostrearum Conrad, 1846
Muricidea floridana var. attenuata Dall, 1890
Urosalpinx floridana Conrad, 1869

Calotrophon ostrearum, common name the "mauve-mouth drill", is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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