Lataxiena

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Lataxiena include:

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

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

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