Trophon barnardi
Appearance
Trophon barnardi | |
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Shell of Trophon barnardi (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Trophoninae |
Genus: | Trophon |
Species: | T. barnardi
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Binomial name | |
Trophon barnardi Houart, 1987
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Trophon barnardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell can grow to be 10 mm.
Distribution
[edit]The geographic distribution includes South Africa and the Indian Ocean.
References
[edit]- ^ Trophon barnardi Houart, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R. (1987) Revision of the subfamily Trophoninae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Southern Africa, with description of four new species. Apex 2(2): 25-58.
- Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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