Leptotrophon minirotundus 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. minirotundus
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| Leptotrophon minirotundus (Houart, 1986)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean offNew Caledonia at depths between 250 m and 350 m.
References
edit- ^ a b Leptotrophon minirotundus (Houart, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2012.
- Houart R. (1986 ["1985"]) Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 133: 427–455. [March 1986] page(s): 438
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