Scabrotrophon inspiratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Scabrotrophon inspiratus | |
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Shell of Scabrotrophon inspiratus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Trophoninae |
Genus: | Scabrotrophon |
Species: | S. inspiratus
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Binomial name | |
Scabrotrophon inspiratus Houart, 2003
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 39 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b "Scabrotrophon inspiratus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- Houart, R. & Héros, V. (2016). New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica. 15: 7-34.
External links
edit- Houart, R. (2003). Description of Scabrotrophon inspiratum new species (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Vanuatu. The Nautilus. 117 (3): 87-90
- Houart R. & Héros V. (2012) New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema 34(1): 21–37