Leptotrophon coralensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Leptotrophon coralensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Leptotrophon |
| Species: | L. coralensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptotrophon coralensis Houart, 1995
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9.5 mm. The shell is an off-white spiral. [2]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia and New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Leptotrophon coralensis Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Galli, Dr. Claudio. "Worldwide Mollusc Species DataBase".
- 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
edit- MNHN, Paris: holotype
- Houart, R.; Héros, V. (2012). New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema. 34(1), 21-37
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