Boreotrophon clathratus

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Boreotrophon clathratus
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Apertural view of a shell of Boreotrophon clathratus gunneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Boreotrophon
Species:
B. clathratus
Binomial name
Boreotrophon clathratus
(Linnaeus, 1767) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Buccinum lamellatumGmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum lyratumGmelin, 1791
  • Fusus costatusHisinger
  • Fusus imbricatusJas. Smith
  • Fusus scalariformisGould, 1840
  • Murex clathratusLinnaeus, 1767
  • Tritonium clathratum(Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tritonium clathratus var. normalisMiddendorff, 1849
  • Tritonium clathratus var. ventricosaMiddendorff, 1849
  • Tritonium eliatorMiddendorff, 1849
  • Tritonium gunneriLovén, 1846
  • Tritonium rossiLeach in Mörch, 1858
  • Trophon candelabrum Adams & Reeve
  • Trophon clathratus(Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Trophon clathratus var. grandisMörch, 1869
  • Trophon clathratus var. intermediusVerkrüzen, 1881
  • Trophon clathratus var. maximusVerkrüzen, 1881
  • Trophon gunneriLovén, 1846
  • Trophon kroyeriBeck
  • Trophon richardsoniGray in Mörch, 1869
  • Trophonopsis clathratus(Linnaeus)

Boreotrophon clathratus, common name the clathrate trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [2]

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Description

The height of the shell is in exceess of 1.5 cm (0.6 in). The fusiform shell has fourteen ribs or more. The whorls have numerous sharp, laminated varices. The canal is open and turned to the left. There is no umbilicus. The thin lip is smooth within. [3]

Distribution

This species has a wide, usually boreal distribution. It occurs in European waters, the Baltic Sea, the Beaufort Sea, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, in the Bering Strait, in the Yellow Sea, in the Pacific Ocean.

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References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533–1327,
  2. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Tryon, G. W. (1880). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1, vol. 2: Muricinae, Purpurinae. Philadelphia: published by the author. 1–289, pls 1–70 [140].

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