Leptotrophon turritellatus

Leptotrophon turritellatus
Shell of Leptotrophon turritellatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Leptotrophon
Species:
L. turritellatus
Binomial name
Leptotrophon turritellatus
Houart, 1995

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at depths between 290 m and 305 m.

References

  1. ^ Leptotrophon turritellatus Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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