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Trophon barnardi

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Trophon barnardi
Shell of Trophon barnardi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. barnardi
Binomial name
Trophon barnardi
Houart, 1987

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

Description

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The shell can grow to be 10 mm.

Distribution

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The geographic distribution includes South Africa and the Indian Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ Trophon barnardi Houart, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R. (1987) Revision of the subfamily Trophoninae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Southern Africa, with description of four new species. Apex 2(2): 25-58.
  • Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.