Laetifautor elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | L. elegans
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| Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm.
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Distribution edit
This 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.