Latirulus fasciatus

Latirulus fasciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Latirulus fasciatus
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L. fasciatus
Binomial name
Latirulus fasciatus
Habe & Okutani, 1968

Description

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.


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