Lataxiena

Lataxiena
Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Lataxiena
Jousseaume, 1883
Type species
Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883
Synonyms

Cumella Jousseaume, 1898 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cumella Sars, 1865 [Crustacea])

Lataxiena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883 is the type species by tautonomy (= Trophon fimbriatus Hinds, 1844).

Species

Species within the genus Lataxiena include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Lataxiena elegans Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
  • Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
  • Lataxiena mixta Houart, 1995:[8] synonym of Orania mixta Houart, 1995
  • Lataxiena taiwanica Shikama, 1978: synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)

References

  1. ↑ Lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Lataxiena bombayana (Melvill, 1893).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Lataxiena cumella (Jousseaume, 1898).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Lataxiena desserti Houart, 1995.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Lataxiena habropenos Houart, 1995.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Lataxiena mixta Houart, 1995.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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