Leptotrophon spinacutus
Leptotrophon spinacutus | |
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Shell of Leptotrophon spinacutus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Leptotrophon |
Species: | L. spinacutus
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Binomial name | |
Leptotrophon spinacutus (Houart, 1986)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Poirieria (Paziella) spinacutus Houart, 1986 |
Leptotrophon spinacutus, also known as Poirieria spinacatus, 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 9.5 mm.
Leptotrophon spinacutus was first described as such in a journal of the French National Museum of Natural History (1986) along with six other new species of Muricidae, by the Belgian malacologist Roland Houart.
Distribution
[edit]This particular species was found south of the French territory of New Caledonia, 390-400m below sea-level. Houart describes it as having a medium-sized shell for its genus, and being white in color with pale brown blotches. It is covered by a thin white outer layer, the intritacalx (= the chalky outer layer).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Leptotrophon spinacutus (Houart, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart R. (1986 ["1985"]). Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 133: 427–455
External links
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