Calotrophon

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

Calotrophon
Shell of Calotrophon carnicolor (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Synonyms[1]
Calotrophon (Calotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951· accepted, alternate representation Calotrophon (Panamurex) Woodring, 1959· accepted, alternate representation Hertleinella Berry, 1958 Panamurex Woodring, 1959 Poirieria (Panamurex) Woodring, 1959 Pseudosalpinx Olsson & Harbison, 1953

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

1. Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2011.
2. Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• 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