Abyssotrophon soyoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Abyssotrophon soyoae (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Abyssotrophon |
| Species: | A. soyoae
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| Abyssotrophon soyoae (Okutani, 1959)
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Okinawa Trough.[2] and also off southeast Taiwan.
Ecology
editIt was recorded 1973 m deep.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Abyssotrophon soyoae (Okutani, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Miyazaki, Junichi; Kawagucci, Shinsuke (1 December 2017). "Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced areas in the Okinawa Trough". PeerJ. 5: e4121. doi:10.7717/peerj.4121. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5713630. PMID 29209579.
- Okutani T. (1959). A new muricid gastropod, Trophonopsis soyoae sp. nov. from a deep water in Kumano-Nado, Japan. Venus. 20(4): 350-352. page(s): 350, figs. 1-3
- Egorov R.V. (1993). Trophoninae (Muricidae) of Russian and adjacent waters. Ruthenica. suppl. 1: 1-48.
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