Latirus lignosus

Latirus lignosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Peristerniinae
Genus: Latirus
Species: L. lignosus
Binomial name
Latirus lignosus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Murex lignosus Gmelin, 1791

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

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Latirus lignosus (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448432 on 18 April 2010.