Trophon barnardi

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

Trophon barnardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Trophon
Species:
T. barnardi
Binomial name
Trophon barnardi
Houart, 1987

Description

The shell can grow to be 10 mm.

Distribution

The geographic distribution includes South Africa and the Indian Ocean.

References
  1. Trophon barnardi Houart, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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