Boreotrophon candelabrum
| Boreotrophon candelabrum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Trophoninae |
| Genus: | Boreotrophon |
| Species: | B. candelabrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[1]
Behavior
B. candelabrum have been known to attack and eat sea scallops by drilling into them.[2]
References
- 1 2 Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ↑ 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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