Leptotrophon minispinosus

Leptotrophon minispinosus
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. minispinosus
Binomial name
	Leptotrophon minispinosus; Houart, 1995

Leptotrophon minispinosus 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 11.1 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at a depth of 260 m.

References[]

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

Houart, R. (1995). The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 459–498.

External links[]

MNHN, Paris: holotype

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[WoRMS-1] Leptotrophon minispinosus Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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