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Trophon geversianus

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Trophon geversianus
Trophon geversianus acordonada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. geversianus
Binomial name
Trophon geversianus
(Pallas, 1774)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum fimbriatum Martyn, 1784
  • Buccinum geversianus Pallas, 1774
  • Fusus inflatus Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1852 not Dunker, 1847
  • Fusus intermedius Hupé in Gay, 1854
  • Murex fimbriatus [Lightfoot], 1786
  • Murex foliatus Schumacher, 1817
  • Murex magellanicus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex peruvianus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex varians d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Murex ventricosa Molina, 1810
  • Polyplex bulbosa Perry, 1811
  • Trophon geversianus var. calva Kobelt, 1878
  • Trophon geversianus var. lirata Kobelt, 1878
  • Trophon philippianus Dunker in Kobelt, 1878
  • Trophon varians (d'Orbigny, 1841)

Trophon geversianus, commonly known as Gevers's trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

The two varieties Trophon geversianus var. calva Kobelt, 1878 and Trophon geversianus var. lirata Kobelt, 1878 have been synonymized with Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774)

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 111 mm. Highly variable. Aperture greater than 1/2 of length, brown to violaceous (always coloured). Exterior with strong lamellae. Also with spiral cords, alone or forming a reticulate with the lamellae, or smooth. Brown to whitish, dull. Feeding Mytilidae on intertidal rocks.[2]

Distribution

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This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego, Chile.

References

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  1. ^ a b Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Forcelli, D. and Narosky, T., 2015. Moluscos marinos de Argentina, Uruguay y Brasil - Uruguayan shells. Vázquez-Mazzini Editorial, 272 pp.
  • Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
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