Laetifautor elegans
(Redirected from Calliostoma elegans)
| Laetifautor elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Laetifautor |
| Species: | L. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960
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Laetifautor elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
- Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4–19. page(s): 6
External links
[edit]- "Calliostoma (Laetifautor) elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.