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Boreotrophon alaskanus

Boreotrophon alaskanus

Classification

Family
Muricidae

Boreotrophon alaskanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The shell is bone to creamy white in color with an elevated spire, a very distinct suture, and a strongly curved, long, slender siphonal canal. The shell has two nuclear whorls (which are typically eroded) and five subsequent whorls.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog