Trophonella longstaffi | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Trophonella longstaffi | |
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Species: | T. longstaffi |
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Trophonella longstaffi (E.A. Smith, 1907) | |
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Trophon longstaffiE. A. Smith, 1907 |
Trophonella longstaffi 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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Deep water in the Antarctic area.
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