Zacatrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Zacatrophon
Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), from off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in bait traps at 100 m
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Zacatrophon
Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Type species
Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948)
Synonyms

Trophon (Zacatrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 (original rank)

Species

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Species within the genus Zacatrophon include:

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