''Latiromitra'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Costellariidae
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Latiromitra'' include:
* ''
Latiromitra aratiuncula''
(Quinn, 1981)
* ''
Latiromitra barthelowi''
(Bartsch, 1942)
* ''
Latiromitra cacozeliana''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2000
* ''
Latiromitra costata''
(Dall, 1890)
* ''
Latiromitra crosnieri''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2000
* ''
Latiromitra cryptodon''
(P. Fischer, 1882)
* ''
Latiromitra delicatula''
(Shikama, 1971)
* ''
Latiromitra meekiana''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Latiromitra niveobabelis''
Garcia, 2015
* ''
Latiromitra okinavensis''
(MacNeil, 1961)
* ''
Latiromitra paiciorum''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2000
* † ''
Latiromitra pauciplicata''
(Yokoyama, 1928)
* ''
Latiromitra styliola''
(Dall, 1927)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Latiromitra bairdii''
(Dall, 1889): synonym of ''
Volutomitra bairdii
''Volutomitra bairdii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 32 mm.
Distribution
This marine species was found off Louisiana
Louisiana , group ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Latiromitra specialis''
Locard, 1897: synonym of ''Latiromitra cryptodon''
(P. Fischer, 1882)
Classification
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turbinelloidea (Superfamily) > Costellariidae (Family) > Latiromitra (Genus)
References
* Quinn J.F. (1981) ''A new genus of Turbinellidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea.'' The Nautilus 95(2): 72-77.
* Bouchet P. & Kantor Yu.I. (2000) ''The anatomy and systematics of Latiromitra, a genus of tropical deep-water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae).'' The Veliger 49(1): 1-23.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Ptychatractidae
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