Latirus xantochrous

Latirus xantochrous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Latirus
Species:	L. xantochrous
Binomial name
Latirus xantochrous (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
Synonyms [1]
Fusus xantochrousTapparone-Canefri, 1880 Peristernia xantochroa(Tapparone-Canefri, 1881)

Latirus xantochrous is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Latirus xantochrous (Tapparone-Canefri, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437718 on 2021-12-26

• Snyder, M.A & Callomon, P. (2015). Species named in Fasciolariidae by Tapparone-Canefri and their types (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 164(1): 37–41.

External links

• Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. 100 pp., 2 pls.