Lauta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Lauta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Lauta
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
Type species
Ricinula parva
Reeve, 1846

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lauta Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335431 on 2021-08-17
  • Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.