Leptotrophon minirotundus

Leptotrophon minirotundus
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. minirotundus
Binomial name
	Leptotrophon minirotundus; (Houart, 1986)
Synonyms[1]
	Trophon (Trophonopsis) minirotundus Houart, 1985 (basionym); Trophonopsis minirotunda (Houart, 1986);

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

Description

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.

Houart R. (1986 ["1985"]) Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 133: 427–455. [March 1986] page(s): 438
Houart R. & Héros V. (2012) New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema 34(1): 21-37 page(s): 31

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