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Zacatrophon beebei
Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), 37.4 mm in length, from off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in bait traps at 100 m
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Zacatrophon
Species:	Z. beebei
Binomial name
Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948)
Synonyms
Trophon beebei Hertlein & Strong, 1948

Zacatrophon beebei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

This attractive shell has an open channel along the suture of the whorl and is yellowish to pinkish brown in color, and bears a row of guttered spines on the shoulder of the whorl. Length 52 mm, diameter 23 mm.

Distribution

This snail is found subtidally in deep water in the southern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico, at 90 to 110 m depth.

References

1. ^ Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
2. A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
3. A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537

External links

• Hertlein, L. G. & Strong, A. M. (1948). Descriptions of a new species of Trophon from the Gulf of. California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 46(2): 79-80

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