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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Muricoidea

Familia: Muricidae
Subfamilia: Trophoninae
Genera (18): AfritrophonAnatrophonBenthoxystusConchatalosCoroniumEnatimeneFuegotrophonGemixystus – Leptotrophon – Litozamia – Minortrophon – Nipponotrophon – Nodulotrophon – Scabrotrophon – Tromina – Trophon – Warenia – Xenotrophon
Name

Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903
References

Houart, R.; Sellanes, J. 2010: Description of a new Coronium s.l. (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Trophoninae) from south-central Chile and a brief survey of the genus Coronium Simone, 1996. Zootaxa, 2346: 62–68. Preview

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Trophoninae in the World Register of Marine Species
Digital Murex[1]

Trophoninae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails and their allies.[1]
Shell description
Genera

According to the World Register of Marine Species, genera within the subfamily Trophoninae include:[2]

Abyssotrophon Egorov, 1993
Afritrophon Tomlin, 1947
Anatrophon Iredale, 1929
Benthoxystus Iredale, 1929
Conchatalos Houart, 1995
Coronium Simone, 1996
Enatimene Iredale, 1929
Fuegotrophon Powell, 1951
Gemixystus Iredale, 1929
Houartiella Smriglio, Mariottini & Bonfitto, 1997
Leptotrophon Houart, 1995
Litozamia Iredale, 1929
Minortrophon Finlay, 1926
Nipponotrophon Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Nodulotrophon Habe & Ito, 1965
Scabrotrophon McLean, 1996
Tromina Dall, 1918
Trophon Montfort, 1810
Warenia Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019
Xenotrophon Iredale, 1929

References

MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397226 on 2019-11-07
WoRMS : Trophoninae; accessed : 15 September 2010

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