Scabrotrophon manai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Scabrotrophon manai | |
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Shell of Scabrotrophon manai (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. manai
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Binomial name | |
Scabrotrophon manai Houart & Héros, 2016
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 31.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis snail lives in water off Papua New Guinea.[1]
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Scabrotrophon manai Houart & Héros, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887296 on 2019-01-06
- ^ Houart R. & Héros V. (2016). New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica. 15: 7-34.