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Zeatrophon

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Zeatrophon
Apertural view of the shell of Zeatrophon ambiguus (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Zeatrophon
Finlay, 1926

Zeatrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Zeatrophon include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Zeatrophon caudatinus Finlay, 1930: synonym of Xymene mortenseni (Odhner, 1924): synonym of Zeatrophon mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
  • Zeatrophon elegans Fleming, 1943: synonym of Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
  • Zeatrophon huttonii (R. Murdoch, 1900): synonym of Lamellitrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
  • Zeatrophon murrayae C. A. Fleming, 1943: synonym of † Zeatrophon lassus (Marwick, 1928)
  • Zeatrophon mutabilis Marwick, 1928: synonym of Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
  • Zeatrophon tmetus Finlay, 1930: synonym of Lamellitrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, B.; Houart, R. (2014). Zeatrophon Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399028 on 2015-01-17