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
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Gemixystus
Species:	G. leptos
Binomial name
Gemixystus leptos (Houart, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
Apixystus leptos Houart, 1995

Description

The shells of Gemixystus leptos are spinose and delicate, extending up to 5.3mm in length. The spire of G. leptos shells is higher and has comparatively narrower spire whorls in comparison to other members of the genus Gemixystus^[2].

Distribution

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