Leptotrophon turritellatus
Appearance
Leptotrophon turritellatus | |
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Shell of Leptotrophon turritellatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Leptotrophon |
Species: | L. turritellatus
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Binomial name | |
Leptotrophon turritellatus Houart, 1995
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Leptotrophon turritellatus 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 290 m and 305 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Leptotrophon turritellatus Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.