Zeatrophon ambiguus

Zeatrophon ambiguus common name the large trophon, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]

Apertural view of the shell of Zeatrophon ambiguus (female)

Zeatrophon ambiguus
A shell of Zeatrophon ambiguus (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Pagodulinae
Genus:
Zeatrophon
Species:
Z. ambiguus
Binomial name
Zeatrophon ambiguus
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus ambiguus Philippi, 1844 (original combination)
  • Fusus cretaceus Reeve, 1847
  • Trophon spiratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863
  • Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
  • Zeatrophon elegans Fleming, 1943
  • Zeatrophon mutabilis Marwick, 1928

References
  1. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598755 on 2015-01-08
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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