Laetifautor elegans

Laetifautor elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Laetifautor elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Laetifautor
Species:
L. elegans
Binomial name
Laetifautor elegans
Habe, 1960
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Laetifautor) elegans (Habe, 1960)
  • Laetifautor amakusaensis Habe in Azuma & Toki, 1968

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. 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
  • "Calliostoma (Laetifautor) elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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