Calotrophon carnicolor
| Calotrophon carnicolor | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Calotrophon |
| Species: | C. carnicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Farfante, 1945) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calotrophon carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 20 millimetres (0.79 in).
Distribution
This specie sis distributed in the Lesser Antilles along Nevis and Barbados.
References
- 1 2 Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Farfante, 1945). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 196
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