“Trophon distantelamellatus Strebel
Trophon distantelamellatus Strebel, 1908, p. 43.
TYPE LOCALITY. South Georgia, 54º23’S, 36º26’W, 64-74 m.
This species bears close resemblance to young, non-eroded examples of albolabratus, but differs constantly in its narrower proportions and regularly crenulated axials.
St. MS 10. East Cumberland Bay ¼ mile south-east of Hope Point to ¼ mile south of Government Flagstaff, South Georgia, 14 Feb. 1925, 26-18 m.
St. MS 67. East Cumberland Bay, 3 cables north-east of Hobart Rock to ½ cable west of Hope Point, South Georgia, 28 Feb. 1925, 38 m.
St. MS 71. East Cumberland Bay, 9¼ cables E×S to 1.2 m. E×S of Sappho Point, South Georgia, 9 Mar. 1926, 110-60 m.
DENTITION. Fig. M, 87, p. 195.
Height 40.0 mm.; diameter 18.0 mm. (holotype, albolabratus).
Height 24.5 mm.; diameter 16.0 mm. (holotype, cinguliferus).
Height 15.1 mm.; diameter 7.9 mm. (holotype, distantelamellatus).
Height 15.0 mm.; diameter 7.8 mm. (St. MS 67, distantelamellatus).
Height 19.0 mm.; diameter 9.2 mm. (St. MS 10, distantelamellatus).”
(Powell, 1951: 154)
Trophon distantelamellatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Trophon distantelamellatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
