Enixotrophon pulchellus

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

Enixotrophon pulchellus
Shell of Enixotrophon pulchellus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Enixotrophon
Species:
E. pulchellus
Binomial name
Enixotrophon pulchellus
(Schepman, 1911)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pagodula pulchella (Schepman, 1911)
  • Trophon johannthielei Barnard, 1959 (dubious synonym)
  • Trophon pulchellus Schepman, 1911 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Enixotrophon pulchellus (Schepman, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869794 on 2021-11-26
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • Houart R. & Héros V. , 2016. New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica 15: 7-34


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