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Leptotrophon spinacutus

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Leptotrophon spinacutus
Shell of Leptotrophon spinacutus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Leptotrophon
Species:
L. spinacutus
Binomial name
Leptotrophon spinacutus
(Houart, 1986)
Synonyms[1]

Poirieria (Paziella) spinacutus Houart, 1986

Leptotrophon spinacutus, also known as Poirieria spinacatus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

Leptotrophon spinacutus was first described as such in a journal of the French National Museum of Natural History (1986) along with six other new species of Muricidae, by the Belgian malacologist Roland Houart.

Distribution

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This particular species was found south of the French territory of New Caledonia, 390-400m below sea-level. Houart describes it as having a medium-sized shell for its genus, and being white in color with pale brown blotches. It is covered by a thin white outer layer, the intritacalx (= the chalky outer layer).[1]

References

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  • Houart R. (1986 ["1985"]). Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 133: 427–455
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