Trophon brevispira
Appearance
Trophon brevispira | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Trophon |
Species: | T. brevispira
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Binomial name | |
Trophon brevispira Martens, 1885
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Trophon brevispira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell can grow to be 25 to 35 millimetres (0.98 to 1.38 in).
Distribution
[edit]It can be found off of the South Georgia Islands and Antarctica.
References
[edit]- ^ Trophon brevispira Martens, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.