Leptonotis perplexus

Leptonotis perplexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Hipponicidae
Genus: Leptonotis
Species: L. perplexus
Binomial name
Leptonotis perplexus
(Suter, 1907)
Synonyms

Neojanacus perplexus Suter, 1907 (basionym)

Leptonotis perplexus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

References

  1. Leptonotis perplexus (Suter, 1907). Gofas, S. (2009). Leptonotis perplexus (Suter, 1907). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140110 on 14 August 2010.


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