''Acanthotrophon'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Acanthotrophon'' include:
* † ''
Acanthotrophon aquensis
''Acanthotrophon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Acanthotrophon'' include:
* † '' Acanthotrophon aquensis'' Lozouet, 1999
...
''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Acanthotrophon ascensus''
(E. H. Vokes, 1976) †
* † ''
Acanthotrophon aturi''
(Deshayes, 1865)
* ''
Acanthotrophon carduus''
(Broderip, 1833)
* ''
Acanthotrophon latispinosus''
Garrigues & Lamy, 2019
* ''
Acanthotrophon sentus''
Berry, 1969
* ''
Acanthotrophon sorenseni''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
* ''
Acanthotrophon striatoides''
Vokes, 1980
* † ''
Acanthotrophon striatus
''Acanthotrophon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Acanthotrophon'' include:
* † ''Acanthotroph ...
''
(Gabb, 1873)
References
* Lozouet, P., 1999. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68
* Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
* Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
External links
L. G.; Strong, A. M. (1951). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. Zoologica. 36(2): 67-120, 11 plsVokes E.H. (1980). Review of the muricid genus Acanthotrophon (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 23: 10-14, 2 pls
Muricopsinae
{{Muricopsinae-stub