WoRMS taxon details
Acanthotrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951
397212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397212)
accepted
Genus
Trophon sorenseni Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 accepted as Acanthotrophon sorenseni (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) (type by original designation)
Trophon (Acanthotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trophon (Acanthotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) Hertlein L.G. & Strong A.M. (1951). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. <em>Zoologica.</em> 36(2): 67-120, 11 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50970025
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthotrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397212 on 2026-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trophon (Acanthotrophon) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) Hertlein L.G. & Strong A.M. (1951). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. <em>Zoologica.</em> 36(2): 67-120, 11 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50970025
page(s): 86 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 99-104, textfigs 40-42, pls 50-53 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 99-104, textfigs 40-42, pls 50-53 [details]
Other
additional source
Vokes, E. H. (1980). Review of the muricid genus <i>Acanthotrophon</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>The Veliger.</em> 23: 10-14, 2 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42412195 [details]
