Boreotrophon truncatus bobtail trophon

Boreotrophon truncatus is commonly referred to as bobtail trophon.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Boreotrophon truncatus © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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lexID:: 6151
AphiaID:: 146733

Scientific:: Boreotrophon truncatus
German:: Schnecke
English:: Bobtail Trophon

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Boreotrophon (Genus) > truncatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Strøm, ), 1768

Occurrence:: the North Sea, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: 0.98" - 2.56" (2.5cm - 6.5cm)
Temperature:: 41 °F - 71.6 °F (5°C - 22°C)
Food:: Plankton

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Boreotrophon alaskanus
Boreotrophon albus
Boreotrophon aomoriensis
Boreotrophon apolyonis
Boreotrophon avalonensis
Boreotrophon bentleyi
Boreotrophon candelabrum
Boreotrophon cepula
Boreotrophon clathratus
Boreotrophon clavatus
Boreotrophon cymatus
Boreotrophon dabneyi
Boreotrophon disparilis
Boreotrophon egorovi
Boreotrophon elegantulus
Boreotrophon eucymatus
Boreotrophon flos
Boreotrophon gaidenkoi
Boreotrophon hazardi
Boreotrophon houarti
Boreotrophon kabati
Boreotrophon keepi
Boreotrophon macouni
Boreotrophon mazatlanicus
Boreotrophon multicostatus
Boreotrophon okhotensis
Boreotrophon pacificus
Boreotrophon pedroanus
Boreotrophon pygmaeus
Boreotrophon rotundatus
Boreotrophon tolomius
Boreotrophon triangulatus
Boreotrophon tripherus
Boreotrophon trophonis
Boreotrophon truncatus
Schnecke
Boreotrophon xestra

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-04 12:52:21
Last edit:: 2013-10-04 12:52:21

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Boreotrophon truncatus (Strøm, 1768)

Boreotrophon truncatus, common name the bobtail trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) >Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) >Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Trophoninae (Subfamily) > Boreotrophon (Genus)

External links

globalspecies.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marinebiodiverity,ca (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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