Calotrophon

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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|image_caption = Shell of Calotrophon carnicolor (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

|taxon = Calotrophon

|authority= Hertlein & Strong, 1951{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

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|synonyms =

  • Calotrophon (Calotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951· accepted, alternate representation
  • Calotrophon (Panamurex) Woodring, 1959· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hertleinella Berry, 1958
  • Panamurex Woodring, 1959
  • Poirieria (Panamurex) Woodring, 1959
  • Pseudosalpinx Olsson & Harbison, 1953

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Calotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|391163|Calotrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951||28 April 2011}}

Species

Species within the genus Calotrophon include:

;Species brought into synonymy :

  • Calotrophon bristolae Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919)
  • Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 †: synonym of Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)

References

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  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 189