Lenitrophon

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.

Lenitrophon
Scientific classification
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)