Lataxiena fimbriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Lataxiena fimbriata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Lataxiena
Species:
L. fimbriata
Binomial name
Lataxiena fimbriata
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Coralliophila latiaxidea Sowerby, 1893
  • Cronia latiaxidea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
  • Lataxiena elegans Jousseaume, 1883
  • Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883
  • Murex lamelliferus Dunker, 1871
  • Murex laminiferus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex luculentus Reeve, 1845
  • Trophon fimbriatus Hinds, 1844

Description

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Distribution

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The type species was found in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Leung KF. & Morton B. (2003). Effects of long-term anthropogenic perturbations on three subtidal epibenthic molluscan communities in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977–2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 655–717.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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