Abyssotrophon soyoae explained

Abyssotrophon soyoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Okinawa Trough.^[1] and also off southeast Taiwan.

Ecology

It was recorded 1973 m deep.^[1]

References

• Okutani T. (1959). A new muricid gastropod, Trophonopsis soyoae sp. nov. from a deep water in Kumano-Nado, Japan. Venus. 20(4): 350-352. page(s): 350, figs. 1-3
• Egorov R.V. (1993). Trophoninae (Muricidae) of Russian and adjacent waters. Ruthenica. suppl. 1: 1-48.

External links

• Houart, R. & Buge, B. (2022). Noteworthy and new Muricidae (Gastropoda) collected in the East and South China Seas and off Taiwan. Venus. 80(1-2): 1-23

Notes and References

1. Chen. Chong. Watanabe. Hiromi Kayama. Miyazaki. Junichi. Kawagucci. Shinsuke. 1 December 2017. Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced areas in the Okinawa Trough. PeerJ. en. 5. e4121. 10.7717/peerj.4121. 29209579. 5713630. 2167-8359 . free .