Biology:Leptotrophon wareni

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Leptotrophon wareni
Leptotrophon wareni (MNHN-IM-2000-24181).jpeg
Shell of Leptotrophon wareni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Leptotrophon
Species:
L. wareni
Binomial name
Leptotrophon wareni
Houart & Héros, 2012

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

Distribution

This species occurs off Papua New Guinea.[1] and the Solomon Islands at depthst between 570 m and 756 m.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q13395905 entry