Gemixystus leptos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Gemixystus |
| Species: | G. leptos
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| Binomial name | |
| Gemixystus leptos (Houart, 1995)
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Apixystus leptos Houart, 1995 | |
Description
editThe 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].
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Coral Sea, off New Caledonia, the Chesterfield Islands and off Australia (Queensland).
References
edit- ^ a b Gemixystus leptos (Houart, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Houart, Roland; Héros, Virginie (March 2012). "New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific" (PDF). Zoosystema. 34 (1): 21–37. doi:10.5252/z2012n1a2. ISSN 1280-9551.
- Houart R. (1995).The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region. In: P. Bouchet (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom, volume 14. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 167: 459–498 page(s): 490, figs 28–29, 86–89, 134–136
- Houart R. & Héros V. (2019). The genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Trophoninae) in New Caledonia with the description of two new species and some notes on the genus in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 20(1-2): 1-12.
External links
edit- Houart, R. 2004. A review of Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Australia and New Zealand. Novapex 5(2): 1–27
- MNHN, Paris: holotype
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