Lataxiena

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Lataxiena
Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Lataxiena
Jousseaume, 1883
Type species
Lataxiena lataxiena
Jousseaume, 1883
Synonyms

Cumella Jousseaume, 1898 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cumella Sars, 1865 [Crustacea])

Lataxiena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883 is the type species by tautonomy (= Trophon fimbriatus Hinds, 1844).

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Lataxiena include:

Species brought into synonymy

References[edit]

  • Houart R., Fraussen K. & Barbier J.P. (2013) Description of a new species of Lataxiena (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from India. Gloria Maris 52(1-2): 1-10.

External links[edit]

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