Scabrotrophon fabricii

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Scabrotrophon fabricii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
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Superfamily:
Muricoidea
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Subfamily:
Genus:
Species:
S. fabricii
Binomial name
Scabrotrophon fabricii
(Møller, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boreotrophon craticulatus (O. Fabricus, 1780)
  • Murex borealis Reeve, 1845
  • Tritonium craticulatum Fabricius, 1780
  • Trophon craticulatum Fabricius, 1780
  • Trophon fabricii Beck in Møller, 1842
  • Trophon heuglini Mörch, 1876
  • Trophon interstriatus Sowerby, 1880
  • Trophonopsis fabricii Beck in Møller, 1842

Scabrotrophon fabricii 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 an adult shell varies between 22 mm and 61 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada)

References[]

  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
  • 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
  • Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261–324.

External links[]

  • "Scabrotrophon fabricii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 April 2011.


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