Laetifautor elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Laetifautor |
Species: | L. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Japan.
References
edit- ^ Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
- Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4–19. page(s): 6
External links
edit- "Calliostoma (Laetifautor) elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.