Abyssotrophon soyoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Abyssotrophon soyoae
Shell of Abyssotrophon soyoae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Abyssotrophon
Species:
A. soyoae
Binomial name
Abyssotrophon soyoae
(Okutani, 1959)
Synonyms[1]
  • Abyssotrophon longisiphon Egorov, 1993
  • Abyssotrophon tricostatus Egorov, 1993
  • Trophonopsis soyoae Okutani, 1959

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Okinawa Trough.[2] and also off southeast Taiwan.

Ecology

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It was recorded 1973 m deep.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Abyssotrophon soyoae (Okutani, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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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