Enixotrophon ceciliae

Enixotrophon ceciliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[2]

Enixotrophon ceciliae
Shell of Enixotrophon ceciliae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Enixotrophon
Species:	E. ceciliae
Binomial name
Enixotrophon ceciliae (Houart, 2003)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Pagodula ceciliae (Houart, 2003) Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003

Description

The shell is lightly built, lamellate, and reaches 61.4 mm in length at maturity. It has a high spire, with 6 or more broad, convex teleoconch whorls, and an impressed suture.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile at a depth of 1000 m.