Calotrophon
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| Shell of Calotrophon carnicolor (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951 |
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Calotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Calotrophon include:
- Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976[2]
- Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
- Calotrophon eugeniae (Vokes, 1992)
- Calotrophon gatunensis (Brown & Pilsbry, 1911)
- Calotrophon hemmenorum (Houart & Mühlhäusser, 1990)
- Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006[3]
- Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)[4]
- Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)[5]
- Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Calotrophon bristolae Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)
- Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 †: synonym of Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)
References
- ^ a b Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2011.
- ^ Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 189
External links
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50970044#page/115/mode/1up
