Boreotrophon candelabrum

Boreotrophon candelabrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Boreotrophon
Species:	B. candelabrum
Binomial name
	Boreotrophon candelabrum; (Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms
	Arctomelon paucicostatus [sic]; Boreotrophon paucicostatus Habe & Ito, 1965; Boreotrophon stephanos Taki, 1938; Fusus candelabrum Reeve, 1848;

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

Description[]

B. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
^ Shumway, Sandra E. & Parson, G. Jay (Eds.) Scallops: biology, Ecology and Aquaculture, Second Edition. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Volume 35. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. 1185. ISBN 0-444-50482-6

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