Leptotrophon protocarinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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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. protocarinatus
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| Leptotrophon protocarinatus Houart, 1995
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Description
editThe length of the shell reaches up to 11 mm in adulthood. It is remarkable for its keeled protoconch, from which it gets its name. It is generally white, occasionally found with pale brown spots near the vertex of the shell. It has medium-sized radular teeth, with sickle-shaped lateral teeth.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs at New Caledonia at depths between 300 m and 350 m.
References
edit- ^ Leptotrophon protocarinatus 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.
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