Calotrophon

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae
Similar Dermomurex, Poirieria, Favartia, Vokesimurex

Calotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Calotrophon include:

Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976

Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)

Calotrophon eugeniae (Vokes, 1992)

Calotrophon gatunensis (Brown & Pilsbry, 1911)

Calotrophon hemmenorum (Houart & Mühlhäusser, 1990)

Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006

Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)

Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)

Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970)

Species brought into synonymy

Calotrophon bristolae Hertlein & Strong, 1951 : synonym of Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)

Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 † : synonym of Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)

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