Zeatrophon ambiguus

Zeatrophon ambiguus
A shell of Zeatrophon ambiguus (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Zeatrophon
Species: Z. ambiguus
Binomial name
Zeatrophon ambiguus
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus ambiguus Philippi, 1844 (original combination)
  • Fusus cretaceus Reeve, 1847
  • Trophon spiratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863
  • Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
  • Zeatrophon elegans Fleming, 1943
  • Zeatrophon mutabilis Marwick, 1928

Zeatrophon ambiguus common name the large trophon, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. [1]

Apertural view of the shell of Zeatrophon ambiguus (female)

References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598755 on 2015-01-08
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