Boreotrophon kamchatkanus

Boreotrophon kamchatkanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Boreotrophon kamchatkanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Boreotrophon
Species:
B. kamchatkanus
Binomial name
Boreotrophon kamchatkanus
(Dall, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scabrotrophon kamchatkanus (Dall, 1902)
  • Trophonopsis kamchatkanus (Dall, 1902)
  • Trophonopsis nana Egorov, 1994

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Kamchatka Peninsula.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boreotrophon kamchatkanus Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399388 on 2 October 2021
  • Egorov R.V. 1994. New data on the taxonomy of molluscs of the family Trophoninae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the northwestern Pacific. Ruthenica 4(2): 97-101
  • Houart R. & Moffitt R. (2010). A new Scabrotrophon (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Hawaii and discussion about the generic classification of Boreotrophon kamchatkanus Dall, 1902, a related species. The Nautilus 124(2):112–116
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