Leptotrophon segmentatus

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

Leptotrophon segmentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Leptotrophon
Species:	L. segmentatus
Binomial name
Leptotrophon segmentatus (Verco, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
Gemixystus segmentatus (Verco, 1909) superseded combination Trophon segmentatus Verco, 1909 Trophonopsis segmentata (Verco, 1909)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Australia and Tasmania.