Leptotrophon alis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Leptotrophon alis | |
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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. alis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptotrophon alis Houart, 2001
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 11.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia
References
edit- ^ Leptotrophon alis Houart, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. in: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, Zoologie. 185: 243–269
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