Zacatrophon beebei

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

Zacatrophon beebei
Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), 37.4 mm in length, 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
Species:
Z. beebei
Binomial name
Zacatrophon beebei
(Hertlein & Strong, 1948)
Synonyms[1]

Trophon beebei Hertlein & Strong, 1948

Description

This attractive shell has an open channel along the suture of the whorl and is yellowish to pinkish brown in color, and bears a row of guttered spines on the shoulder of the whorl. Length 52 mm, diameter 23 mm.[2]

Distribution

This snail is found subtidally in deep water in the southern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico, at 90 to 110 m depth.[3]

References
  1. Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
  3. A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537


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