Latirus gibbulus, common name the gibbose latirus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Latirus |
| Species: | L. gibbulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 115 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
edit- ^ a b Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
External links
edit- Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2013) The genus Pustulatirus Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the western Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 3636(1): 035–058
- "Latirus gibbulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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