Trophon patagonicus

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Trophon patagonicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. patagonicus
Binomial name
Trophon patagonicus
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
Synonyms [1]
  • Murex patagonicusd'Orbigny, 1841
  • Trophon necocheanumIhering, 1907

Trophon patagonicus 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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Description

The shell can grow to be 30 mm to 55 mm in length. [2]

Distribution

It can be found in the southern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Trophon patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1839) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Trophon patagonicus". gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.