Acanthotrophon

Genus of gastropods

Acanthotrophon
A shell of Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1869
A shell of Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Acanthotrophon
Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Synonyms

Trophon (Acanthotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 (original rank)

Acanthotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Acanthotrophon include:

  • † Acanthotrophon aquensis Lozouet, 1999
  • † Acanthotrophon ascensus (E. H. Vokes, 1976) †
  • † Acanthotrophon aturi (Deshayes, 1865)
  • Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833)[2]
  • Acanthotrophon latispinosus Garrigues & Lamy, 2019
  • Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1969[3]
  • Acanthotrophon sorenseni (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)[4]
  • Acanthotrophon striatoides Vokes, 1980[5]
  • † Acanthotrophon striatus (Gabb, 1873)

References

  1. ^ Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Acanthotrophon sorenseni (Hertlein & Strong, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Acanthotrophon striatoides Vokes, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Lozouet, P., 1999. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68
  • Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
  • Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
  • L. G.; Strong, A. M. (1951). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. Zoologica. 36(2): 67-120, 11 pls
  • Vokes E.H. (1980). Review of the muricid genus Acanthotrophon (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 23: 10-14, 2 pls
Taxon identifiers
Acanthotrophon
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