Lataxiena fimbriata

Lataxiena fimbriata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Lataxiena
Species:	L. fimbriata
Binomial name
Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms
Coralliophila latiaxidea Sowerby, 1893 Cronia latiaxidea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Lataxiena elegans Jousseaume, 1883 Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883 Murex lamelliferus Dunker, 1871 Murex laminiferus Reeve, 1845 Murex luculentus Reeve, 1845 Trophon fimbriatus Hinds, 1844

Lataxiena fimbriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

The type species was found in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia.

References

• 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.
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: syntype
• Hinds, R. B. (1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. London: Smith, Elder and Co. v + 72 pp., 21 pls.
• Sowerby, G. B., III. (1894). Descriptions of twelve new species, chiefly from Mauritius. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(2): 41-44, pl. 4
• Jousseaume, F., 1883. Description d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 8: 186-204