Actinotrophon fragilis explained

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Australia (Western Australia).

References

• Houart, R. & Héros, V. (2016). New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica. 15: 7-34.
• Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182.

External links

• Houart R. & Héros V. (2016). New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica. 15: 7–34
• 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. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Actinotrophon fragilis (Houart, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869742 on 2020-05-06