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Boreotrophon clathratus

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Boreotrophon clathratus
Apertural view of a shell of Boreotrophon clathratus gunneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Boreotrophon
Species:
B. clathratus
Binomial name
Boreotrophon clathratus
(Linnaeus, 1767)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinum lamellatum Gmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum lyratum Gmelin, 1791
  • Fusus costatus Hisinger
  • Fusus imbricatus Jas. Smith
  • Fusus scalariformis Gould, 1840
  • Murex clathratus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Tritonium clathratum (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tritonium clathratus var. normalis Middendorff, 1849
  • Tritonium clathratus var. ventricosa Middendorff, 1849
  • Tritonium eliator Middendorff, 1849
  • Tritonium gunneri Lovén, 1846
  • Tritonium rossi Leach in Mörch, 1858
  • Trophon candelabrum Adams & Reeve
  • Trophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Trophon clathratus var. grandis Mörch, 1869
  • Trophon clathratus var. intermedius Verkrüzen, 1881
  • Trophon clathratus var. maximus Verkrüzen, 1881
  • Trophon gunneri Lovén, 1846
  • Trophon kroyeri Beck
  • Trophon richardsoni Gray in Mörch, 1869
  • Trophonopsis clathratus (Linnaeus)

Boreotrophon clathratus, common name the clathrate trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

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The height of the shell is in exceess of 1.5 cm (0.6 in). The fusiform shell has fourteen ribs or more. The whorls have numerous sharp, laminated varices. The canal is open and turned to the left. There is no umbilicus. The thin lip is smooth within.[3]

Distribution

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This species has a wide, usually boreal distribution. It occurs in European waters, the Baltic Sea, the Beaufort Sea, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, in the Bering Strait, in the Yellow Sea, in the Pacific Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533–1327,
  2. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  3. ^ Tryon, G. W. (1880). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1, vol. 2: Muricinae, Purpurinae. Philadelphia: published by the author. 1–289, pls 1–70 [140].

Further reading

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  • Ziegelmeier, E. (1966). Die Schnecken (Gastropoda Prosobranchia) der deutsche Meeresgebiete und brackigen Küstengewässer [The Gastropoda Prosobranchia from the German seas and brackish coastal waters]. Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 13: 1-66
  • Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.
  • Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p
  • Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
  • de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261–324
  • Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
  • Yakovis E. & Artemieva A. (2015). "Bored to Death: Community-Wide Effect of Predation on a Foundation Species in a Low-Disturbance Arctic Subtidal System". PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132973