Abyssotrophon weijencheni

Abyssotrophon weijencheni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Abyssotrophon weijencheni
Shell of Abyssotrophon weijencheni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Abyssotrophon
Species:
A. weijencheni
Binomial name
Abyssotrophon weijencheni
Houart & Buge, 2022

Distribution

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This bathyal marine species occurs in the South China Sea at depths between 1,205 m and 1,389 m.

References

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  1. ^ a b Abyssotrophon soyoae (Okutani, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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