Leptotrophon minirotundus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Leptotrophon |
Species: | L. minirotundus
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Binomial name | |
Leptotrophon minirotundus (Houart, 1986)
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Leptotrophon minirotundus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean offNew Caledonia at depths between 250 m and 350 m.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leptotrophon minirotundus (Houart, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2012.
- Houart R. (1986 ["1985"]) Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 133: 427–455. [March 1986] page(s): 438
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