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Calotrophon ostrearum

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Species of gastropod

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

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.

Description

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Distribution

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References

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


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