Abyssotrophon delicatus

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

Abyssotrophon delicatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Abyssotrophon
Species:
A. delicatus
Binomial name
Abyssotrophon delicatus
(Kuroda, 1953)
Synonyms[1]
  • Abyssotrophon convexus Egorov, 1994
  • Abyssotrophon unicus Egorov, 1993
  • Trophonopsis delicatus Kuroda, 1953

Description

The shell of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

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References

  • Egorov R.V. 1994. New data on the taxonomy of molluscs of the family Trophoninae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the northwestern Pacific. Ruthenica 4(2): 97-101.
  • Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383.
  • "Abyssotrophon delicatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 October 2011.


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