Leptotrophon caledonicus

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

Leptotrophon caledonicus
Shell of Leptotrophon caledonicus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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L. caledonicus
Binomial name
Leptotrophon caledonicus
Houart, 1995

Description edit

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References edit

  • Houart, R. (1995). The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 459–498