Lataxiena Explained

Lataxiena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883 is the type species by tautonomy (= Trophon fimbriatus Hinds, 1844).

Species

Species within the genus Lataxiena include:

• Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)
• Lataxiena bombayana (Melvill, 1893)
• Lataxiena cumella (Jousseaume, 1898)
• Lataxiena desserti Houart, 1995
• Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
• Lataxiena habropenos Houart, 1995
• Lataxiena lutescena Zhang & Zhang, 2014
• Lataxiena solenosteiroides Houart, Fraussen & Barbier, 2013

Species brought into synonymy:

• Lataxiena birileffi (Lischke, 1871): synonym of Bedevina birileffi (Lischke, 1871)
• Lataxiena elegans Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
• Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
• Lataxiena mixta Houart, 1995: synonym of Orania mixta Houart, 1995
• Lataxiena taiwanica Shikama, 1978: synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)

References

• Houart R., Fraussen K. & Barbier J.P. (2013) Description of a new species of Lataxiena (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from India. Gloria Maris 52(1-2): 1-10.

External links

• Jousseaume F. (1883). Description d'espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10