Boreotrophon candelabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Boreotrophon candelabrum | |
|---|---|
_-_Muricidae_-_Mollusc_shell_2.jpeg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Boreotrophon |
| Species: | B. candelabrum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Description
editThis section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010) |
Distribution
editThis section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010) |
Behavior
editB. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Shumway, Sandra E. & Parson, G. Jay (Eds.) Scallops: biology, Ecology and Aquaculture, Second Edition. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Volume 35. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. 1185. ISBN 0-444-50482-6
.JPG){kind=small} | This Pagodulinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |