Gemixystus leptos

Gemixystus leptos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Gemixystus
Species:	G. leptos
Binomial name
Gemixystus leptos (Houart, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
Apixystus leptos Houart, 1995

Gemixystus leptos 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 5.4 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea, off New Caledonia, the Chesterfield Islands and off Australia (Queensland).

References[]

• Houart R. (1995).The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region. In: P. Bouchet (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom, volume 14. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 167: 459–498 page(s): 490, figs 28–29, 86–89, 134–136
• Houart R. & Héros V. (2019). The genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Trophoninae) in New Caledonia with the description of two new species and some notes on the genus in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 20(1-2): 1-12.

External links[]

• Houart, R. 2004. A review of Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Australia and New Zealand. Novapex 5(2): 1–27
• MNHN, Paris: holotype

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