Latiromitra

Latiromitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.[1]

Latiromitra
Shell of Latiromitra cacozeliana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Latiromitra
Locard, 1897
Type species
Latiromitra specialis Locard, 1897
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyomesus Quinn, 1981
  • Okinawavoluta Noda, 1980
  • Vexillum (Latiromitra) Locard, 1897

Species

Species within the genus Latiromitra include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Latiromitra bairdii (Dall, 1889): synonym of Volutomitra bairdii (Dall, 1889)
  • Latiromitra specialis Locard, 1897: synonym of Latiromitra cryptodon (P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Vexillum (Latiromitra) problematicum Ponder, 1968: synonym of Metzgeria problematica (Ponder, 1968) ·

Classification

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turbinelloidea (Superfamily) > Costellariidae (Family) > Latiromitra (Genus)

References

  • Quinn J.F. (1981) A new genus of Turbinellidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea. The Nautilus 95(2): 72-77.
  • Bouchet P. & Kantor Yu.I. (2000) The anatomy and systematics of Latiromitra, a genus of tropical deep-water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). The Veliger 49(1): 1-23.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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