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genus

Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Muricidae - Muricids

Description

The shell is rather thin, biconic in outline; spiral sculpture consists of two or three rather weak, usually spinose cords below the shoulder on the body whorl and another cord, a bit more prominent, on the canal about halfway between the upper cords and the end of the canal; axial sculpture is of weak axially elongated nodes, these developed into a row of sharp, erect, guttered spines on the angulation of the body whorl; the earlier whorls bear a row of nodes rather than spines; a slight siphonal fasciole is present; the aperture is smooth interiorly.
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976.
Authors: Jan Delsing, Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976.

Included taxa

Number of records: 5

species Acanthotrophon carduus W. J. Broderip, 1833

Acanthotrophon carduus

species Acanthotrophon latispinosus Garrigues & Lamy, 2019
species Acanthotrophon sentus S.S. Berry, 1969

Acanthotrophon sentus

species Acanthotrophon sorenseni J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951

Acanthotrophon sorenseni

species Acanthotrophon striatoides E. H. Vokes, 1980

Acanthotrophon striatoides


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1048636]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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