Trophonopsis muricata

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

Trophonopsis muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Pagodulinae
Genus:
Trophonopsis
Species:
T. muricata
Binomial name
Trophonopsis muricata
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]

See list

Synonyms
  • Fusus asperrimus Leach in Brown, 1827
  • Fusus barvicensis Johnston, 1825
  • Fusus cancellatus Bivona, 1838
  • Fusus longurio Weinkauff, 1866
  • Murex muricatus Montagu, 1803
  • Murex recticanalis Wood, 1879
  • Murex sculptus Bellardi, 1872
  • Pseudofusus rostratus var. sowerbyana Monterosato, 1890
  • Raphitoma asperrima (Brown, 1827)
  • Trophon curta Locard, 1892
  • Trophon muricatus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Trophon muricatus albinus Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
  • Trophon muricatus major Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
  • Trophon muricatus var. aspera Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
  • Trophon muricatus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867
  • Trophon muricatus var. major Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
  • Trophon muricatus var. minor Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
  • Trophonopsis curta Locard, 1892
  • Trophonopsis forestii Ruggieri, 1947
  • Trophonopsis forestii coeni Ruggieri, 1947
  • Trophonopsis gortani Ruggieri, 1947
  • Trophonopsis muricata var. minor Locard, 1897
  • Trophonopsis muricatus albinus Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977
  • Trophonopsis muricatus var. minor Locard, 1897

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Black Sea, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, Spain and the Azores

References
  1. Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 May 2011.
  • de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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