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

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

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

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.

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