Calotrophon ostrearum

Calotrophon ostrearum, common name the "mauve-mouth drill", is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Calotrophon ostrearum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Calotrophon
Species:
C. ostrearum
Binomial name
Calotrophon ostrearum
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988
Fusus mexicanus Reeve, 1848
Murex ostrearum Conrad, 1846
Muricidea floridana var. attenuata Dall, 1890
Urosalpinx floridana Conrad, 1869

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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