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Scabrotrophon manai

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Scabrotrophon manai
Shell of Scabrotrophon manai (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Scabrotrophon
Species:
S. manai
Binomial name
Scabrotrophon manai
Houart & Héros, 2016

Scabrotrophon manai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 31.4 mm.

Distribution

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This snail lives in water off Papua New Guinea.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Scabrotrophon manai Houart & Héros, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887296 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Houart R. & Héros V. (2016). New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica. 15: 7-34.