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

Category:Boreotrophon

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