Leptotrophon lineorugosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Leptotrophon lineorugosus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Leptotrophon |
Species: | L. lineorugosus
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Binomial name | |
Leptotrophon lineorugosus Houart, 1995
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Description
editThe length of the shel lattains 10.9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia at a depth of 600 m.
References
edit- ^ Leptotrophon lineorugosus Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2012.
- 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
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