Zacatrophon beebei

Zacatrophon beebei
Shell and operculum of Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948), 37.4 mm in length, from off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in bait traps at 100 m
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Zacatrophon
Species: Z. beebei
Binomial name
Zacatrophon beebei
(Hertlein & Strong, 1948)
Synonyms[1]

Trophon beebei Hertlein & Strong, 1948

Zacatrophon beebei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

This attractive shell has an open channel along the suture of the whorl and is yellowish to pinkish brown in color, and bears a row of guttered spines on the shoulder of the whorl. Length 52 mm, diameter 23 mm.[2]

Distribution

This snail is found subtidally in deep water in the southern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico, at 90 to 110 m depth.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Zacatrophon beebei (Hertlein & Strong, 1948).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537
  3. ↑ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America (Second Edition, 1971), Stanford University Press, p. 537


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