Acanthotrophon sentus

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Acanthotrophon sentus
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A shell and operculum of Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1969, 27.6 mm in length, dredged 240–300 ft. off Kativa Island, Panama
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Acanthotrophon
Species:
A. sentus
Binomial name
Acanthotrophon sentus
Berry, 1969

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

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Description

The base color of the shell is bright white and its sculpture is coarse with numerous stout spines which are paired in two rows at the periphery. The tips of the spines in some specimens are brown in color. Compare with Acanthotrophon carduus which has more numerous spines and is dull white in color. Length 20 mm, diameter 15 mm. [2]

Distribution

Found subtidally in deep water from Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, California to Galápagos Islands. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1969 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  2. ↑ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
  3. ↑ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537


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