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Nodulotrophon scolopax (Watson, 1882) | |
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Trophon scolopaxWatson, 1882 |
Nodulotrophon scolopax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
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