Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Leptoconchus striatus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Coralliophilinae Rank Species | |
Leptoconchus striatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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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
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