Boreotrophon candelabrum
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| Species: | B. candelabrum
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Boreotrophon candelabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
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Distribution
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Behavior
B. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them.[2]
References
- ^ a b Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Shumway, Sandra E. & Parson, G. Jay (Eds.) Scallops: biology, Ecology and Aquaculture, Second Edition. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Volume 35. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. 1185. ISBN 0-444-50482-6
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