Boreotrophon dabneyi

Boreotrophon dabneyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Boreotrophon dabneyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Boreotrophon
Species:	B. dabneyi
Binomial name
Boreotrophon dabneyi (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
Trophon dabneyi Dautzenberg, 1889 Trophon dabneyi var. lanceolata Locard, 1897 Trophon dabneyi var. minor Locard, 1897 Trophon decoratus Locard, 1897 Trophon decoratus var. lanceolata Locard, 1897 (synonym) Trophon decoratus var. minor Locard, 1897

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Azores.

References

1. Boreotrophon dabneyi (Dautzenberg, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: syntype
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1889). Contribution à la faune malacologique des Iles Açores. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, I. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 112, IV plates
• Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], pp. 1–516 pl. 1–22; vol. 2 [1898], pp. 1–515, pl. 1–18.