Trophon patagonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Trophon |
| Species: | T. patagonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trophon patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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Description
editThe shell can grow to be 30 mm to 55 mm in length.[2]
Distribution
editIt can be found in the southern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Trophon patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Trophon patagonicus". gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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