Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Pagodulinae > Genus Boreotrophon

Boreotrophon cepula (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Boreotrophon*	P. Fischer, 1884	accepted genus name
*Trophon (Boreotrophon)*	P. Fischer, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Fusus lamellosus*	Gray, 1839	junior homonym
*Trophon cepula*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1880	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Houart, R. (1981) Révision des Trophoninae d'Europe. Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie, 9, 1–70, pls. 1–6.
additional source	Golikov A.N. & Sirenko B.I. (1998) Prosobranch gastropods of the continental slope of Kurile Islands.[In Russian] Ruthenica 8(2): 91–135.
additional source	Houart, R. & Garrigues, B. (2023). Descriptions of 18 new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea) and other comments. Novapex. 24(3): 99-149.
status source	Barco, A.; Marshall, B.; A. Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81(4): 476-488.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Boreotrophon cepula (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398914