Zacatrophon beebei
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| Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), 37.4 mm in length, from off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in bait traps at 100 m | |
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| Species: | Z. beebei
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| Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948)
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Trophon beebei Hertlein & Strong, 1948 | |
Zacatrophon beebei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
This attractive shell has an open channel along the suture of the whorl and is yellowish to pinkish brown in color, and bears a row of guttered spines on the shoulder of the whorl. Length 52 mm, diameter 23 mm.[2]
Distribution
This snail is found subtidally in deep water in the southern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico, at 90 to 110 m depth.[3]
References
- ^ a b Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
- ^ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
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