Leptotrophon wareni 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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| Shell of Leptotrophon wareni (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Trophoninae |
| Genus: | Leptotrophon |
| Species: | L. wareni
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptotrophon wareni Houart & Héros, 2012
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Distribution
editThis species occurs off Papua New Guinea.[1] and the Solomon Islands at depthst between 570 m and 756 m.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Leptotrophon wareni Houart & Héros, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596822 on 2019-01-06
- Houart R. & Héros V. (2016). New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica. 15: 7-34
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