Boreotrophon pygmaeus

Boreotrophon pygmaeus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2][3]

Boreotrophon pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Boreotrophon
Species:
B. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Boreotrophon pygmaeus
Egorov, 1994

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Boreotrophon pygmaeus Egorov, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398934 on 2019-01-06
  2. Egorov R.V. 1994. New data on the taxonomy of molluscs of the familyTrophoninae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the northwestern Pacific. Ruthenica 4(2): 97-101.
  3. Barco, A.; Marshall, B.; Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81(4): 476-488.


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