Gemixystus leptos

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

Gemixystus leptos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Gemixystus
Species:
G. leptos
Binomial name
Gemixystus leptos
(Houart, 1995)
Synonyms[1]

Apixystus leptos Houart, 1995

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea, off New Caledonia, the Chesterfield Islands and off Australia (Queensland).

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References
  1. Gemixystus leptos (Houart, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

  • Houart R. (1995).The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region. In: P. Bouchet (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom, volume 14. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 167: 459–498 page(s): 490, figs 28–29, 86–89, 134–136
  • Houart, R. 2004. A review of Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Australia and New Zealand. Novapex 5(2): 1–27


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