Trophonella

Trophonella
Apertural view of a shell of Trophonella longstaffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Pagodulinae
Genus:	Trophonella Harasewych & Pastorino, 2010
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.

Species

Species within the genus Trophonella include:

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

References

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

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