Enixotrophon ceciliae
Enixotrophon ceciliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
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| Shell of Enixotrophon ceciliae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Enixotrophon |
| Species: | E. ceciliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Enixotrophon ceciliae (Houart, 2003) [1] | |
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Description
The shell is lightly built, lamellate, and reaches 61.4 mm in length at maturity. It has a high spire, with 6 or more broad, convex teleoconch whorls, and an impressed suture.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile at a depth of 1000 m.
References
- Houart. 2003. Novapex 4 (4): 101-110. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Enixotrophon ceciliae (Houart, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869769 on 2021-11-25
- Société belge de malacologie.; malacologie, Société belge de; malacologie, Société belge de (2003). Novapex : trimestriel de la Société belge de malacologie. Vol. 4. Bruxelles: La Société.
- Marshall B.A. & Houart R. (2011) The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1): 89–114. [Published March 2011] page(s): 113
External links
- Houart, R. (2003). Description of three new species of Trophon s.l. Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Chile. Novapex. 4 (4): 101-110.
- Barco, A.; Marshall, B.; A. Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81(4): 476-488
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