Trophonella

Trophonella
Apertural view of a shell of Trophonella longstaffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Trophonella
Harasewych & Pastorino, 2010[1]
Type species
Trophon scotianus Powell, 1951

Trophonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Trophonella include:

References

  1. 1 2 Harasewych M. G. & Pastorino G. (2010). "Trophonella (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a New Genus from Antarctic Waters, with the Description of a New Species". The Veliger 51(1): 85-103.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Trophonella Harasewych & Pastorino, 2010.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 December 2012.


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