Leptoconchus striatus

Leptoconchus striatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Leptoconchus
Species: L. striatus
Binomial name
Leptoconchus striatus
Rüppell, 1835
Synonyms[1]

Magilus striatus

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

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, in the Indo-West Pacific and along North Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Leptoconchus striatus .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 March 2011.

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