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Trophon
Trophon geversianus acordonada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Trophon
Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus (Trophon) Montfort, 1810
  • Murex (Muricidea) Swainson, 1840
  • Murex (Trophon) Montfort, 1810 ·
  • Muricidea Swainson, 1840
  • Polyplex Perry, 1810
  • Stramonitrophon Powell,1951
  • Trophon (Stramonitrophon) Powell, 1951

Trophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Trophon:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Trophon Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 December 2012.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Trophon Montfort, 1810". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.