Boreotrophon
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Boreotrophon is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Muricidae
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
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of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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Muricidae
Muricidae
Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Boreotrophon include:- Boreotrophon alaskanusBoreotrophon alaskanusBoreotrophon alaskanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:...
Dall, 1902 - Boreotrophon albusBoreotrophon albusBoreotrophon albus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Egorov, 1992 - Boreotrophon aomoriensisBoreotrophon aomoriensisBoreotrophon aomoriensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Nomura & Hatai, 1940) - Boreotrophon apolyonisBoreotrophon apolyonisBoreotrophon apolyonis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1919) - Boreotrophon avalonensisBoreotrophon avalonensisBoreotrophon avalonensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1902 - Boreotrophon bentleyiBoreotrophon bentleyiBoreotrophon bentleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1908 - Boreotrophon candelabrumBoreotrophon candelabrumBoreotrophon candelabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Behavior:B. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them....
(Reeve, 1848) - Boreotrophon cepulaBoreotrophon cepulaBoreotrophon cepula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Sowerby, 1880) - Boreotrophon clathratusBoreotrophon clathratusBoreotrophon clathratus, common name the clathrate trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Boreotrophon clavatusBoreotrophon clavatusBoreotrophon clavatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Sars, 1878) - Boreotrophon cymatusBoreotrophon cymatusBoreotrophon cymatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1902 - Boreotrophon dabneyiBoreotrophon dabneyiBoreotrophon dabneyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dautzenberg, 1889) - Boreotrophon disparilisBoreotrophon disparilisBoreotrophon disparilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1891) - Boreotrophon egoroviBoreotrophon egoroviBoreotrophon egorovi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Houart, 1995 - Boreotrophon elegantulusBoreotrophon elegantulusBoreotrophon elegantulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1907) - Boreotrophon eucymatusBoreotrophon eucymatusBoreotrophon eucymatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1902) - Boreotrophon flosBoreotrophon flosBoreotrophon flos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Okutani, 1964 - Boreotrophon gaidenkoiBoreotrophon gaidenkoiBoreotrophon gaidenkoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Houart, 1995 - Boreotrophon hazardiBoreotrophon hazardiBoreotrophon hazardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
McLean, 1996 - Boreotrophon houartiBoreotrophon houartiBoreotrophon houarti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Egorov, 1994 - Boreotrophon kabatiBoreotrophon kabatiBoreotrophon kabati is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
McLean, 1996 - Boreotrophon keepiBoreotrophon keepiBoreotrophon keepi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Strong & Hertlein, 1937) - Boreotrophon macouniBoreotrophon macouniBoreotrophon macouni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall & Bartsch, 1910 - Boreotrophon mazatlanicusBoreotrophon mazatlanicusBoreotrophon mazatlanicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1902 - Boreotrophon multicostatusBoreotrophon multicostatusBoreotrophon multicostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Eschscholtz, 1829) - Boreotrophon okhotensisBoreotrophon okhotensisBoreotrophon okhotensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Egorov, 1993 - Boreotrophon pacificusBoreotrophon pacificusBoreotrophon pacificus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1902 - Boreotrophon pedroanusBoreotrophon pedroanusBoreotrophon pedroanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Arnold, 1903) - Boreotrophon rotundatusBoreotrophon rotundatusBoreotrophon rotundatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1902 - Boreotrophon tolomiusBoreotrophon tolomiusBoreotrophon tolomius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1919) - Boreotrophon stuartiBoreotrophon stuartiBoreotrophon stuarti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:...
(E.A. Smith, 1880) - Boreotrophon triangulatusBoreotrophon triangulatusBoreotrophon triangulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Carpenter, 1864) - Boreotrophon tripherusBoreotrophon tripherusBoreotrophon tripherus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1902 - Boreotrophon trophonisBoreotrophon trophonisBoreotrophon trophonis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Egorov, 1993 - Boreotrophon truncatusBoreotrophon truncatusBoreotrophon truncatus, common name the bobtail trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Ström, 1768) - Boreotrophon xestraBoreotrophon xestraBoreotrophon xestra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1918
Species brought into synonymy :
- Boreotrophon abyssorum (A. E. Verrill, 1885) : synonym of Pagodula abyssorumPagodula abyssorumPagodula abyssorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Verrill, 1885) - Boreotrophon alborostratus Taki, 1938 : synonym of Boreotrophon alaskanus Dall, 1902
- Boreotrophon albospinosus Willett, 1931 : synonym of Boreotrophon triangulatus (Carpenter, 1864)
- Boreotrophon beringi Dall, 1902 : synonym of Boreotrophon cepula (Sowerby, 1880)
- Boreotrophon craticulatus (O. Fabricus, 1780) : synonym of Scabrotrophon fabriciiScabrotrophon fabriciiScabrotrophon fabricii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 22 mm and 61 mm.-Distribution:...
(Møller, 1842) - Boreotrophon dalli (Kobelt, 1878) : synonym of Nodulotrophon coronatusNodulotrophon coronatusNodulotrophon coronatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) - Boreotrophon echinus Dall, 1918 : synonym of Nipponotrophon echinusNipponotrophon echinusNipponotrophon echinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1918) - Boreotrophon golikovi Egorov, 1992 : synonym of Pagodula golikoviPagodula golikoviPagodula golikovi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Egorov, 1992) - Boreotrophon gorgon Dall, 1913 : synonym of Nipponotrophon gorgonNipponotrophon gorgonNipponotrophon gorgon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1913) - Boreotrophon hadalis Sysoev, 1992 : synonym of Abyssotrophon hadalisAbyssotrophon hadalisAbyssotrophon hadalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Sysoev, 1992) - Boreotrophon kamchatkanus Dall, 1902 : synonym of Scabrotrophon kamchatkanus (Dall, 1902)
- Boreotrophon maclaini Dall, 1902 : synonym of Oenopota maclaini (Dall, 1902)
- Boreotrophon pagodus Hayashi & Habe, 1965 : synonym of Nipponotrophon pagodusNipponotrophon pagodusNipponotrophon pagodus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Hayashi & Habe, 1965) - Boreotrophon pagodus Egorov, 1993 : synonym of Boreotrophon houarti Egorov, 1994
- Boreotrophon panamensis Dall, 1902 : synonym of Abyssotrophon panamensisAbyssotrophon panamensisAbyssotrophon panamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1902) - Boreotrophon paucicostatus Habe & Ito, 1965 : synonym of Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848)
- Boreotrophon peregrinus Dall, 1902 : synonym of Boreotrophon multicostatus (Eschscholtz, 1829)
- Boreotrophon smithi Dall, 1902 : synonym of Nipponotrophon stuartiNipponotrophon stuartiNipponotrophon stuarti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(E. A. Smith, 1880) - Boreotrophon stephanos Taki, 1938 : synonym of Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848)