Trophon brevispira

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

Trophon brevispira
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. brevispira
Binomial name
Trophon brevispira
Martens, 1885

Description

The shell can grow to be 25 mm to 35 mm in length.

Distribution

It can be found off of the South Georgia Islands and Antarctica.

References
  1. Trophon brevispira Martens, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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