Boreotrophon candelabrum
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| taxon = Boreotrophon candelabrum
| authority = (Reeve, 1848)
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- Arctomelon paucicostatus [sic]
- Boreotrophon paucicostatus Habe & Ito, 1965
- Boreotrophon stephanos Taki, 1938
- Fusus candelabrum Reeve, 1848
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Boreotrophon candelabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|398913|Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848)||24 April 2010}}
Description
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Distribution
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Behavior
B. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them.Shumway, Sandra E. & Parson, G. Jay (Eds.) Scallops: biology, Ecology and Aquaculture, Second Edition. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Volume 35. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. 1185. {{ISBN|0-444-50482-6}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1848
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