Leptotrophon fusiformis

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Leptotrophon fusiformis
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Shell of Leptotrophon fusiformis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Leptotrophon
Species:
L. fusiformis
Binomial name
Leptotrophon fusiformis
Houart, 2017

Leptotrophon fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 16.2 mm.

Its functional group is Benthos. [1]

Its feeding type is predatory. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Papua New Guinea. [1] in the Solomon Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 MolluscaBase (2018). Leptotrophon fusiformis Houart, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048558 on 2019-01-06
  2. ↑ Houart R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18(4): 81-103.


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