Leptotrophon acerapex

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

Leptotrophon acerapex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Leptotrophon
Species:
L. acerapex
Binomial name
Leptotrophon acerapex
(Houart, 1986)
Synonyms[1]

Poirieria (Paziella) acerapex Houart, 1986

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Leptotrophon acerapex (Houart, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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