''Calotrophon'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Calotrophon'' include:
* ''
Calotrophon andrewsi''
Vokes, 1976
* ''
Calotrophon carnicolor''
(Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
* ''
Calotrophon eugeniae''
(Vokes, 1992)
* ''
Calotrophon gatunensis''
(Brown & Pilsbry, 1911)
* ''
Calotrophon hemmenorum''
(Houart & Mühlhäusser, 1990)
* ''
Calotrophon hystrix''
Garcia, 2006
* ''
Calotrophon ostrearum''
(Conrad, 1846)
* ''
Calotrophon turritus''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Calotrophon velero''
(Vokes, 1970)
;Species brought into synonymy :
*'' Calotrophon bristolae''
Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of ''Calotrophon turritus''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Calotrophon emilyae''
Petuch, 1988 †: synonym of ''Calotrophon ostrearum''
(Conrad, 1846)
References
* Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) ''Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 189
External links
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50970044#page/115/mode/1up
Muricidae
{{Muricidae-stub