Leptotrophon perclarus

Leptotrophon perclarus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Leptotrophon
Species:
L. perclarus
Binomial name
Leptotrophon perclarus
Houart, 2001

Leptotrophon perclarus 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 17.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at a depth of 400 m.

References

  1. ^ Leptotrophon perclarus Houart, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. in: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, Zoologie. 185: 243–269.


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