Leptotrophon minirotundus
| Leptotrophon minirotundus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Trophoninae |
| Genus: | Leptotrophon |
| Species: | L. minirotundus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotrophon minirotundus (Houart, 1986) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.
References
- 1 2 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
- Houart R. & Héros V. (2012) New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema 34(1): 21-37 page(s): 31
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