Leptotrophon caroae

Leptotrophon caroae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Leptotrophon
Species:
L. caroae
Binomial name
Leptotrophon caroae
Houart, 1995

Leptotrophon caroae 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 9.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ Leptotrophon caroae Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1995. The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonian region. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 459–498


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