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Genus of gastropods

Calotrophon
Shell of Calotrophon carnicolor (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Calotrophon
Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Synonyms
  • Calotrophon (Calotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951· accepted, alternate representation
  • Calotrophon (Panamurex) Woodring, 1959· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hertleinella Berry, 1958
  • Panamurex Woodring, 1959
  • Poirieria (Panamurex) Woodring, 1959
  • Pseudosalpinx Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Calotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Calotrophon include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Calotrophon bristolae Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)
  • Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 †: synonym of Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)

References

  1. ^ Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2011.
  2. Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 189

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