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Boreotrophon P. Fischer 1884

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Description

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].

Notes

Published as part of Bondarev, I. P., 2022, A new species of Boreotrophon P. Fischer, 1884 (Gastropoda, Muricidae, Pagodulinae) from the Sea of Japan, pp. 81-84 in Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal 32 (2) on page 82, DOI: 10.35885/ruthenica.2022.32(2).4, http://zenodo.org/record/11041081

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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.