Enixotrophon ceciliae | |
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Shell of Enixotrophon ceciliae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Enixotrophon |
Species: | E. ceciliae
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Binomial name | |
Enixotrophon ceciliae (Houart, 2003)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Enixotrophon ceciliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [2]
The shell is lightly built, lamellate, and reaches 61.4 mm in length at maturity. It has a high spire, with 6 or more broad, convex teleoconch whorls, and an impressed suture. [3]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile at a depth of 1000 m.