Lataxiena blosvillei

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Lataxiena blosvillei
Lataxiena blosvillei (MNHN-IM-2000-6468).jpeg
Shell of Lataxiena blosvillei (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Lataxiena
Species:
L. blosvillei
Binomial name
Lataxiena blosvillei
(Deshayes, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bedeva blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)
  • Bedeva vapida Woolacott, 1957
  • Fusus blosvillei Deshayes, 1832
  • Fusus heptagonalis Reeve, 1847
  • Latirus blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)
  • Tudicla blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)

Lataxiena blosvillei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 31.8 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References[]

  • Deshayes, G. P., 1830 Histoire naturelle des vers. In: Encyclopédie méthodique, vol. II(1), p. 256 pp
  • Leung KF. & Morton B. (2003). Effects of long-term anthropogenic perturbations on three subtidal epibenthic molluscan communities in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977–2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 655–717

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