''Trophon'' is a
genus
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sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Trophon'':
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Trophon albolabratus
''Trophon albolabratus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell can grow to be 40mm in length.
Distribution
It can be found off of New Zealand, the ...
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Trophon bahamondei''
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Trophon barnardi
''Trophon barnardi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex ...
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Trophon beatum
''Trophon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Trophon'':
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Trophon brevispira''
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Trophon celebensis''
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Trophon clenchi''
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Trophon coulmanensis
''Trophon coulmanensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell can grow to be to in length.
Distribution
It can be found in the South Shetland Is ...
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Trophon covacevichi
''Trophon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Trophon'':
*'' Trophon albolabratus''
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Frassinetti, 2000
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Trophon distantelamellatus''
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Trophon drygalskii''
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Trophon geversianus
''Trophon geversianus'', commonly known as Gevers's trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
The two varieties ''Trophon geversianus'' var. ''calva'' Kobelt, 1878 a ...
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Trophon huilliche
''Trophon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Trophon'':
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Frassinetti, 2000
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Trophon iarae''
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Trophon leptocharteres''
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Trophon macharei
''Trophon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Trophon'':
*'' Trophon albolabratus''
*'' Trophon bahamonde ...
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DeVries, 2005
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Trophon mawsoni''
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Trophon melvillsmithi''
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Trophon minutus
''Trophon minutus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell can grow to be 7.3 mm in length.
Distribution
It can be found off of the South Georg ...
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Trophon munitus''
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Trophon nucelliformis''
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Trophon ohlini
''Trophon ohlini'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell can grow to be 12 mm to 15 mm in length.
Distribution
It can be found in the sou ...
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Trophon parcus
''Trophon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Trophon'':
*'' Trophon albolabratus''
*'' Trophon bahamonde ...
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Frassinetti, 2000
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Trophon parodizi''
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Trophon patagonicus
''Trophon patagonicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mu ...
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Trophon paucilamellatus''
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Trophon pelecetus''
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Trophon pelseneeri''
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Trophon plicatus
''Trophon plicatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
References
Gastropods described in 1786
Trophon
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Trophon purdyae''
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Trophon sowerbyi''
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Trophon triacanthus''
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Trophon vetulus''
Frassinetti, 2000
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
Muricidae
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