Leptotrophon caroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Leptotrophon caroae
Leptotrophon caroae
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L. caroae
Binomial name
Leptotrophon caroae
Houart, 1995

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 9.1 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References edit

  1. ^ Leptotrophon caroae Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1995. The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonian region. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 459–498

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