Latirulus fasciatus
Appearance
Latirulus fasciatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Genus: | Latirulus |
Species: | L. fasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Latirulus fasciatus Habe & Okutani, 1968
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Latirulus fasciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The snails are small, with their shells averaging 60 millimeters long. The shells can be white, with thin brown stripes going around the circumference of their shells, or a mottled brown. They live in island areas in the Pacific Ocean, such as in Hawaii or Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ Latirulus fasciatus Habe & Okutani, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.