Latirus gibbulus
| Latirus gibbulus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Subfamily: | Peristerniinae |
| Genus: | Latirus |
| Species: | L. gibbulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Latirus gibbulus, common name the gibbose latirus, 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
The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 115 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- 1 2 Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
External links
- Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2013) The genus Pustulatirus Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the western Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 3636(1): 035–058
- Gastropods.com: Latirus gibbulus
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