Latirus xantochrous

Latirus xantochrous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fasciolariinae
Genus:
Latirus
Species:
L. xantochrous
Binomial name
Latirus xantochrous
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus xantochrous Tapparone-Canefri, 1880
  • Peristernia xantochroa (Tapparone-Canefri, 1881)

Latirus xantochrous is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Latirus xantochrous (Tapparone-Canefri, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437718 on 2021-12-26
  • Snyder, M.A & Callomon, P. (2015). Species named in Fasciolariidae by Tapparone-Canefri and their types (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 164(1): 37–41.


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