Lataxiena blosvillei
Appearance
Lataxiena blosvillei | |
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Shell of Lataxiena blosvillei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Lataxiena |
Species: | L. blosvillei
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Binomial name | |
Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Lataxiena blosvillei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 31.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Deshayes, G. P., 1830 Histoire naturelle des vers. In: Encyclopédie méthodique, vol. II(1), p. 256 pp
- Leung KF. & Morton B. (2003). Effects of long-term anthropogenic perturbations on three subtidal epibenthic molluscan communities in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977–2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 655–717
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