Zacatrophon

Zacatrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Zacatrophon
Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), from off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in bait traps at 100 m
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Zacatrophon

Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Species

Species within the genus Zacatrophon include:

References
  1. Zacatrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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