Lataxiena

Lataxiena
Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade 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

Species within the genus Lataxiena include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, November 10, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.