Zacatrophon
Appearance
Zacatrophon | |
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Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), from off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in bait traps at 100 m | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Zacatrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951 |
Type species | |
Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948) | |
Synonyms | |
Trophon (Zacatrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 (original rank) |
Zacatrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Zacatrophon include:
- Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948)[2]
- Zacatrophon coani Houart & Hendrickx, 2020
- Zacatrophon goliath Houart & Löser, 2020
- Zacatrophon scotti Houart & Hendrickx, 2020
- Zacatrophon skoglundae Houart, 2010
References
[edit]- ^ Zacatrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zacatrophon.
- Hertlein L.G. & Strong A.M. (1951). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. Zoologica. 36(2): 67-120, 11 pls
- Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335