Lenitrophon
Monotypic genus of gastropod
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Lenitrophon is a monotypic genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. Its sole species is Lenitrophon convexus.[1] This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
| Lenitrophon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Lenitrophon |
| Species: | L. convexus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lenitrophon convexus (Suter, 1909) | |
| Synonyms | |
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