Trophon plicatus

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

Trophon plicatus
Trophon plicatus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Trophon
Species:
T. plicatus
Binomial name
Trophon plicatus
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum laciniatus sensu Martyn Dillwyn, 1817
Murex lamellosus Gmelin, 1791
Murex plicatus Lightfoot, 1786
Polyplex gracilis Perry, 1811
Trophon antarcticus Philippi, 1868

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Trophon plicatus (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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