Trophon geversianus

Trophon geversianus, common name : Gevers's Trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Trophon geversianus
Trophon geversianus acordonada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Trophon
Species:
T. geversianus
Binomial name
Trophon geversianus
(Pallas, 1774)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum fimbriatum Martyn, 1784
  • Buccinum geversianus Pallas, 1774
  • Fusus inflatus Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1852
  • Fusus intermedius Hupé in Gay, 1854
  • Murex foliatus Schumacher, 1817
  • Murex magellanicus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex patagonicus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1817
  • Murex peruvianus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex varians d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Murex ventricosa Molina, 1810
  • Polyplex bulbosa Perry, 1811
  • Trophon geversianus var. calva Kobelt, 1878
  • Trophon geversianus var. lirata Kobelt, 1878
  • Trophon philippianus Dunker in Kobelt, 1878

The two varieties Trophon geversianus var. calva Kobelt, 1878 and Trophon geversianus var. lirata Kobelt, 1878 have been synonymized with Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 111 mm. Highly variable. Aperture greater than 1/2 of length, brown to violaceous (always coloured). Exterior with strong lamellae. Also with spiral cords, alone or forming a reticulate with the lamellae, or smooth. Brown to whitish, dull. Feeding Mytilidae on intertidal rocks.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Argentina, the Falkland islands and Tierra del Fuego, Chile.

References
  1. Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Forcelli, D. and Narosky, T., 2015. Moluscos marinos de Argentina, Uruguay y Brasil - Uruguayan shells. Vázquez-Mazzini Editorial, 272 pp.
  • "Trophon geversianus geversianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.


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