| Zacatrophon beebei | |
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| Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), 37.4 mm in length, from off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in bait traps at 100 m | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Zacatrophon |
| Species: | Z. beebei |
| Binomial name | |
| Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Trophon beebei Hertlein & Strong, 1948 | |
Zacatrophon beebei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
This attractive shell has an open channel along the suture of the whorl and is yellowish to pinkish brown in color, and bears a row of guttered spines on the shoulder of the whorl. Length 52 mm, diameter 23 mm.[2]
Distribution
This snail is found subtidally in deep water in the southern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico, at 90 to 110 m depth.[3]
References
- 1 2 Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
- ↑ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
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