Latirus rugosissimus

Species of gastropod

Latirus rugosissimus
Shell of Latirus rugosissimus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Latirus
Species:
L. rugosissimus
Binomial name
Latirus rugosissimus
(Locard, 1897)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Clathurella rugosissima Locard, 1897

Latirus rugosissimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 27.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madeira.

References

  1. ^ Locard, A. (1897) Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman. Mollusques testacés. Vol. 1. Masson, Paris, 516 pp., 22 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Latirus rugosissimus (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
  • Gofas S. (2000). Four species of the family Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda) from the North Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Conchology 37(1): 7–16

External links

  • Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.
Taxon identifiers
Latirus rugosissimus
Clathurella rugosissima


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