Actinotrophon fragilis

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

Actinotrophon fragilis
Shell of Actinotrophon fragilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricidae (unassigned)
Genus:
Actinotrophon
Species:
A. fragilis
Binomial name
Actinotrophon fragilis
(Houart, 1996)
Synonyms
  • Poirieria (Actinotrophon) fragilis Houart, 1996· accepted, alternate representation
  • Poirieria fragilis Houart, 1996

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Actinotrophon fragilis (Houart, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869742 on 2020-05-06
  • Houart R. & Héros V. (2016). New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica. 15: 7–34


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