Boreotrophon candelabrum

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Boreotrophon candelabrum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Boreotrophon
Species:
B. candelabrum
Binomial name
Boreotrophon candelabrum
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms [1]
  • Arctomelon paucicostatus [sic]
  • Boreotrophon paucicostatusHabe & Ito, 1965
  • Boreotrophon stephanosTaki, 1938
  • Fusus candelabrumReeve, 1848

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

Behavior

B. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  2. Shumway, Sandra E. & Parson, G. Jay (Eds.) Scallops: biology, Ecology and Aquaculture, Second Edition. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Volume 35. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. 1185. ISBN   0-444-50482-6