| Calotrophon | |
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| Shell of Calotrophon carnicolor (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea | 
| Family: | Muricidae | 
| Subfamily: | Muricinae | 
| Genus: | Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Calotrophon include:
- Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976[2]
 - Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
 - Calotrophon eugeniae (Vokes, 1992)
 - Calotrophon gatunensis (Brown & Pilsbry, 1911)
 - Calotrophon hemmenorum (Houart & Mühlhäusser, 1990)
 - Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006[3]
 - Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)[4]
 - Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)[5]
 - 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)
 
References
- 1 2 Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2011.
 - ↑ Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
 - ↑ Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
 - ↑ Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
 - ↑ Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
 
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 189
 
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