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Boreotrophon P. Fischer 1884
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Boreotrophon P. Fischer, 1884
Type species Murex clathratus Linnaeus, 1767 (by monotypy).
Diagnosis. Shell fusiform, spire high; protoconch paucispiral, rounded or shouldered. Last teleoconch whorl with numerous axial lamellae; spiral sculpture faint if present, not crossing or raised above axial lamellae; suture impressed. Aperture large, ovate, outer lip smooth within, siphonal canal moderately long, broad, broadly open near ventral end [Houart et al., 2019].
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- P. Fischer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Boreotrophon
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Boreotrophon Fischer, 1884 sec. Bondarev, 2022
References
- Houart R., Vermeij G., Wiedrick S. 2019. New taxa and new synonymy in Muricidae (Neogastropoda: Pagodulinae, Trophoninae, Ocenebrinae) from the Northeast Pacific. Zoosymposia, 13: 184 - 241.