Boreotrophon candelabrum

Boreotrophon candelabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Boreotrophon candelabrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Boreotrophon
Species:
B. candelabrum
Binomial name
Boreotrophon candelabrum
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arctomelon paucicostatus [sic]
  • Boreotrophon paucicostatus Habe & Ito, 1965
  • Boreotrophon stephanos Taki, 1938
  • Fusus candelabrum Reeve, 1848

Behavior

B. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them.[2]

References
  1. Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Shumway, Sandra E. & Parson, G. Jay (Eds.) Scallops: biology, Ecology and Aquaculture, Second Edition. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Volume 35. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. 1185. ISBN 0-444-50482-6


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