Calotrophon ostrearum

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Calotrophon ostrearum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Calotrophon
Species:
C. ostrearum
Binomial name
Calotrophon ostrearum
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms [1]

Calotrophon emilyaePetuch, 1988
Fusus mexicanusReeve, 1848
Murex ostrearumConrad, 1846
Muricidea floridana var. attenuataDall, 1890
Urosalpinx floridanaConrad, 1869

Calotrophon ostrearum, common name the mauve-mouth drill, is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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