Leptotrophon segmentatus
Species of gastropod
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Leptotrophon segmentatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Leptotrophon segmentatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Trophoninae |
| Genus: | Leptotrophon |
| Species: | L. segmentatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotrophon segmentatus (Verco, 1909) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Southern Australia and Tasmania.
