OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Afritrophon insignis (Sowerby, 1900)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trophon insignis Sowerby, 1900

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)

References

 Houart, R. 1987. p.29, figs. 1, 24, 41 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903
                            Afritrophon Tomlin, 1947
                              Afritrophon insignis (Sowerby, 1900)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50197) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29. Record last updated by Mark Kitson on 2002-04-24.