Scabrotrophon regina

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

Scabrotrophon regina
Shell of Scabrotrophon regina (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Scabrotrophon
Species:
S. regina
Binomial name
Scabrotrophon regina
(Houart, 1985)
Synonyms[1]

Nipponotrophon regina Houart, 1985

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References
  1. Scabrotrophon regina (Houart, 1985). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R. (1986). Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 133: 427–455.
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