Lataxiena habropenos
Lataxiena habropenos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Lataxiena habropenos | |
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| Shell of Lataxiena habropenos (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Lataxiena |
| Species: | L. habropenos |
| Binomial name | |
| Lataxiena habropenos Houart, 1995 | |
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Mozambique.
References
- Lataxiena habropenos Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart R. (1995["1994"]) The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2–4): 245–297
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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