Fuegotrophon pallidus

Fuegotrophon pallidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Fuegotrophon pallidus
Shell of Fuegotrophon pallidus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Fuegotrophon
Species:	F. pallidus
Binomial name
Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus (Trophon) crispus Gould, 1849 Fusus crispus Gould, 1849 Fusus fasciculatus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854 Fusus fimbriatus Hupé in Gay, 1854 Murex pallidus Broderip, 1833 (original combination) Trophon (Fuegotrophon) pallidus (Broderip, 1833) Trophon crispus Gould, 1849 Trophon crispus var. burdwoodianum Strebel, 1908 Trophon gouldi Cossmann, 1903 Trophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833) Urosalpinx hupeanus Ihering, 1907 Xymene gouldi (Cossmann, 1903)

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found at the Strait of Magellan off Chile.