Trophonella

Trophonella
Apertural view of a shell of Trophonella longstaffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Pagodulinae
Genus:	Trophonella Harasewych & Pastorino, 2010[1]
Type species
Trophon scotianus Powell, 1951

Trophonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Trophonella include:

• Trophonella echinolamellata (Powell, 1951)[2]
• Trophonella enderbyensis (Powell, 1958)[2] (taxon inquirendum)
• Trophonella eversoni (Houart, 1997)[2]
• Trophonella longstaffi (E.A. Smith, 1907)
• Trophonella rugosolamellata Harasewych & Pastorino, 2010[1][2]
• Trophonella scotiana (Powell, 1951)[2]
• Trophonella shackletoni (Hedley, 1911)

References

1. Harasewych M. G. & Pastorino G. (2010). "Trophonella (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a New Genus from Antarctic Waters, with the Description of a New Species". The Veliger 51(1): 85-103.
2. Trophonella Harasewych & Pastorino, 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 December 2012.

External links

• ARCO A., SCHIAPARELLI S., HOUART R., OLIVERIO M. (2012). Cenozoic evolution of Muricidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in the Southern Ocean, with the description of a new subfamily. ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, vol. 41, p. 596-616
• Harasewych, M.G. & Pastorino, G. 2010. Trophonella (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a New Genus from Antarctic Waters, with the Description of a New Species. The Veliger 51(1): 85-103