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Litozamia acares

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Litozamia acares
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Litozamia
Species:
L. acares
Binomial name
Litozamia acares
Houart, 2013

Litozamia acares is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Litozamia acares Houart, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720045 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Houart, R. (2013). Description of two new species of Trophoninae s.l. and Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from New Caledonia and comments on Litozamia Iredale, 1929 and Siphonochelus Jousseaume, 1880. Venus. 71(1–2): 1-11.