Calotrophon

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

Species

Species within the genus Calotrophon include:

• Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976^[2]
• Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
• Calotrophon eugeniae (Vokes, 1992)
• Calotrophon gatunensis (Brown & Pilsbry, 1911)
• Calotrophon hemmenorum (Houart & Mühlhäusser, 1990)
• Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006^[3]
• Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)^[4]
• Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)^[5]
• Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970)

Species brought into synonymy

• Calotrophon bristolae Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)
• Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 †: synonym of Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)

References

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• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 189

External links

• https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50970044#page/115/mode/1up