Acanthotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| A shell of Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1869 | |
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| A shell of Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951 |
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Trophon (Acanthotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 (original rank) | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Acanthotrophon include:
- † Acanthotrophon aquensis Lozouet, 1999
- † Acanthotrophon ascensus (E. H. Vokes, 1976) †
- † Acanthotrophon aturi (Deshayes, 1865)
- Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833)[2]
- Acanthotrophon latispinosus Garrigues & Lamy, 2019
- Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1969[3]
- Acanthotrophon sorenseni (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)[4]
- Acanthotrophon striatoides Vokes, 1980[5]
- † Acanthotrophon striatus (Gabb, 1873)
References
edit- ^ Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthotrophon sorenseni (Hertlein & Strong, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthotrophon striatoides Vokes, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Lozouet, P., 1999. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68
- Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
- Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
External links
edit- 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
- Vokes E.H. (1980). Review of the muricid genus Acanthotrophon (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 23: 10-14, 2 pls
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