Trophonella shackletoni 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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Species: | T. shackletoni
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Trophonella shackletoni (Hedley, 1911)
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Description
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ a b Trophonella shackletoni Hedley, 1911. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 December 2012.
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
edit- Charles Hedley (1911), Mollusca; British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–9, under the command of Sir E.H. Shackleton, c.v.o. Reports on the scientific investigations .. (1910) vol. 1–2
- BARCO A., SCHIAPARELLI S., HOUART R., OLIVERIO M. (2012). Cenozoic evolution of Muricidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in the Southern Ocean, with the description of a new subfamily. ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, vol. 41, pp. 596–616