Boreotrophon pedroanus

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Boreotrophon pedroanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Boreotrophon
Species:
B. pedroanus
Binomial name
Boreotrophon pedroanus
(Arnold, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boreotrophon keepi (Strong & Hertlein, 1937)
  • Trophon (Boreotrophon) pedroana Arnold, 1903
  • Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti var. praecursor Arnold, 1903
  • Trophon (Trophonopsis) keepi (Strong & Hertlein, 1937)
  • Trophonopsis keepi (Strong & Hertlein, 1937)

Boreotrophon pedroanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description[edit]

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from California, USA - Baja California, Mexico

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Boreotrophon pedroanus (Arnold, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 December 2012.
  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl: page(s): 191