Leptotrophon wareni
Appearance
Leptotrophon wareni | |
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Shell of Leptotrophon wareni (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Leptotrophon wareni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This 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
External links
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