Leptotrophon rigidus
Appearance
Leptotrophon rigidus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Leptotrophon |
Species: | L. rigidus
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Binomial name | |
Leptotrophon rigidus Houart, 1995
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Leptotrophon rigidus 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 11.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at depths between 435 m and 460 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Leptotrophon rigidus Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R. (1995). The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 459–498
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