Litozamia tropis

Litozamia tropis
Shell of Litozamia tropis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Litozamia
Species:	L. tropis
Binomial name
Litozamia tropis Houart, 1995

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia in the New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone at a depth of 110m. ^[2]

References

1. Litozamia tropis Houart, 1995 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Litozamia tropis Houart, 1995". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 November 2025.

• 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