Laetifautor elegans

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Laetifautor elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Laetifautor
Species:
L. elegans
Binomial name
Laetifautor elegans
Habe, 1960
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Laetifautor) elegans(Habe, 1960)
  • Laetifautor amakusaensisHabe in Azuma & Toki, 1968

Laetifautor elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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References

  1. Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.