Enixotrophon pulchellus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Enixotrophon pulchellus | |
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| Shell of Enixotrophon pulchellus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Enixotrophon |
| Species: | E. pulchellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Enixotrophon pulchellus (Schepman, 1911) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea
References
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
- Houart R. & Héros V. , 2016. New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica 15: 7-34