Calotrophon ostrearum

Calotrophon ostrearum, common name the "mauve-mouth drill", is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Calotrophon ostrearum
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C. ostrearum
Binomial name
Calotrophon ostrearum
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988
Fusus mexicanus Reeve, 1848
Murex ostrearum Conrad, 1846
Muricidea floridana var. attenuata Dall, 1890
Urosalpinx floridana Conrad, 1869

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