Calotrophon carnicolor

Calotrophon carnicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Calotrophon
Species: C. carnicolor
Binomial name
Calotrophon carnicolor
(Clench & Farfante, 1945)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calotrophon (Panamurex) carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
  • Murex (Murexsul) carnicolor Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Poirieria (Panamurex) carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)

Calotrophon carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 20 millimetres (0.79 in).

Distribution

This specie sis distributed in the Lesser Antilles along Nevis and Barbados.

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