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Leptotrophon alis

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Leptotrophon alis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Leptotrophon
Species:
L. alis
Binomial name
Leptotrophon alis
Houart, 2001

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 11.6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References

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  1. ^ Leptotrophon alis Houart, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. in: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, Zoologie. 185: 243–269
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