Calotrophon ostrearum

Calotrophon ostrearum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Calotrophon
Species:
C. ostrearum
Binomial name
Calotrophon ostrearum
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988
Fusus mexicanus Reeve, 1848
Murex ostrearum Conrad, 1846
Muricidea floridana var. attenuata Dall, 1890
Urosalpinx floridana Conrad, 1869

Calotrophon ostrearum, common name the mauve-mouth drill, is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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