Fuegotrophon pallidus

Fuegotrophon pallidus
Shell of Fuegotrophon pallidus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Fuegotrophon
Species:	F. pallidus
Binomial name
Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms
Fusus (Trophon) crispus Gould, 1849 Fusus crispus Gould, 1849 Fusus fasciculatus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854 Fusus fimbriatus Hupé in Gay, 1854 Murex pallidus Broderip, 1833 (original combination) Trophon (Fuegotrophon) pallidus (Broderip, 1833) Trophon crispus Gould, 1849 Trophon crispus var. burdwoodianum Strebel, 1908 Trophon gouldi Cossmann, 1903 Trophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833) Urosalpinx hupeanus Ihering, 1907 Xymene gouldi (Cossmann, 1903)

Fuegotrophon pallidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found at the Strait of Magellan off Chile.

References

• Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (1842-1854). Atlas d'histoire Naturelle zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée éxecuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau, publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie. Gide & Cie, Paris.
• Dell, R.K. (1972) Notes on nomenclature of some Mollusca from Antarctica and southern South America. Records of the Dominion Museum, 8, 21–42.

External links

• Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B., I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 25–33]
• Gould A.A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144]
• Strebel H. (1908). Die Gastropoden. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 unter Leitung von Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld, Bd 6, Lief. 1: 111 pp., 6 pls. Stockholm
• Luca, J. D.; Zelaya, D. G. (2019). Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity. Zootaxa. 4544(1): 41-78