Laetifautor Explained

Laetifautor is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.

Species

Species within the genus Laetifautor include:

• Laetifautor deceptus (E.A. Smith, 1898)
• Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960
• Laetifautor fundatus Marshall, 1995
• Laetifautor rubropunctatus (A. Adams, 1851)
• Laetifautor spinulosus (Tate, 1893)
• Laetifautor unicarinata Fischer, 1879 ^[1]

Species brought into synonymy:

• Laetifautor amakusaensis Habe in Azuma & Toki, 1968: synonym of Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960
• Laetifautor monilis (Reeve, 1863): synonym of Astele monile (Reeve, 1863)
• Laetifautor ornatissimus (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Ethminolia ornatissima (Schepman, 1908)
• Laetifautor scobinatus (Reeve, 1863): synonym of Calliostoma scobinatum (A. Adams in Reeve, 1863)
• Laetifautor simulans (Smith, 1899): synonym of Maurea simulans (B. A. Marshall, 1994)
• Laetifautor spinulosum (Tate, 1893): synonym of Laetifautor spinulosus (Tate, 1893)
• Laetifautor trepidus (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Laetifautor deceptus (E.A. Smith, 1898)

References

• Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31

External links

• Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1935). South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part XIV. The South Australian Naturalist. 16(2): 13-24.

Notes and References

1. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e0077051-a440-4f38-96e6-892444c182ff ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory : Laetifautor unicarinata