Acanthotrophon
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| Acanthotrophon | |
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| A shell of Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1869 | |
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| A shell of Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951 |
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Trophon (Acanthotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 (original rank) | |
Acanthotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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