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Lenitrophon

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Lenitrophon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Lenitrophon
Species:
L. convexus
Binomial name
Lenitrophon convexus
(Suter, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Axymene traversi convexus Fleming, 1951
  • Trophon convexus Suter, 1909
  • Xymene convexus (Suter, 1909)

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Lenitrophon convexus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 March 2025.