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Ollaphon

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Ollaphon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Fusininae
Genus: Ollaphon
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Trophon molorthus Hedley & May, 1908

Ollaphon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

The family allocation of Ollaphon is uncertain; this genus is sometimes placed in the family Muricidae.

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