Trophon minutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. minutus
Binomial name
Trophon minutus
Strebel, 1907
Synonyms
  • Trophon condensatus Hedley, 1916

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

Description

The shell can grow to be 7.3 mm in length.[2]

Distribution

It can be found off of the South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, and Antarctica.[2]

References

  1. Trophon minutus Strebel, 1907. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Trophon minutus". gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.


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