Calotrophon hemmenorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Calotrophon |
| Species: | C. hemmenorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calotrophon hemmenorum (Houart & Muhlhausser, 1990)
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Description
editThe adult shell attains a length of 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Somalia.
References
edit- ^ a b Calotrophon hemmenorum( Houart & Muhlhausser, 1990). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 196
External links
edit- "Poirieria (Panamurex) hemmenorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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