Trophon iarae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Trophon iarae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Trophon |
Species: | T. iarae
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Binomial name | |
Trophon iarae Houart, 1998
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Description
editThe shell can grow to be 75 mm (3.0 in) in length.
Distribution
editIt can be found off of southern Brazil, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands.
References
edit- ^ Trophon iarae Houart, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.