Lataxiena blosvillei

Lataxiena blosvillei
Shell of Lataxiena blosvillei (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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.

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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

External links[]

• Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Fusus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pls 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

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