Trophon brevispira

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

Trophon brevispira
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T. brevispira
Binomial name
Trophon brevispira
Martens, 1885

Description

The shell can grow to be 25 mm to 35 mm in length.

Distribution

It can be found off of the South Georgia Islands and Antarctica.

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