Trophonopsis muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Fusus asperrimus Leach in Brown, 1827Fusus barvicensis Johnston, 1825Fusus cancellatus Bivona, 1838Fusus longurio Weinkauff, 1866Murex muricatus Montagu, 1803Murex recticanalis Wood, 1879Murex sculptus Bellardi, 1872Pseudofusus rostratus var. sowerbyana Monterosato, 1890Raphitoma asperrima (Brown, 1827)Trophon curta Locard, 1892Trophon muricatus (Montagu, 1803)Trophon muricatus albinus Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))Trophon muricatus major Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))Trophon muricatus var. aspera Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882Trophon muricatus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867Trophon muricatus var. major Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882Trophon muricatus var. minor Monterosato in Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882Trophonopsis curta Locard, 1892Trophonopsis forestii Ruggieri, 1947Trophonopsis forestii coeni Ruggieri, 1947Trophonopsis gortani Ruggieri, 1947Trophonopsis muricata var. minor Locard, 1897Trophonopsis muricatus albinus Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977Trophonopsis muricatus var. minor Locard, 1897The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
This species occurs in European waters, in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Black Sea, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, Spain and the Azores
