Leptotrophon perclarus

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

Leptotrophon perclarus
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. perclarus
Binomial name
Leptotrophon perclarus
Houart, 2001

Description

The length of the shell attains 17.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at a depth of 400 m.

References
  1. Leptotrophon perclarus 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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