Trophon minutus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Trophon |
Species: | T. minutus
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Binomial name | |
Trophon minutus Strebel, 1907
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Synonyms | |
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Trophon minutus 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 7.3 mm in length.[2]
Distribution
[edit]It can be found off of the South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, and Antarctica.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Trophon minutus Strebel, 1907. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Trophon minutus". gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.