Leptotrophon protocarinatus

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

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 10.8 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs at New Caledonia at depths between 300 m and 350 m.

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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