Latiaxis

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Latiaxis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Latiaxis
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Species

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Latiaxis is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails or coral shells. [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Latiaxis include:

Species mentioned in ITIS
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also adds the following species with names in current use [6]
Species from New Zealand
Synonyms

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<i>Babelomurex spinosus</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. Swainson W. (1840). Treat. Malacol.82: 306.
  2. Gofas, S. (2010). Latiaxis Swainson, 1840. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137838 on 2011-03-08
  3. "Latiaxis bernardi". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  4. "Latiaxis filiaris". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Latiaxis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  6. OBIS : Latiaxis
  7. New Zealand Mollusca : Latiaxis lischkeanus
  8. Gofas, S. (2009). Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224954 on 2010-05-16
  9. WoRMS (2009). Latiaxis princeps. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217129 on 2010-05-16
  10. New Zealand Mollusca : Latiaxis wormaldi

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