Lataxiena cumella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Lataxiena cumella
Lataxiena cumella shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Lataxiena
Species:
L. cumella
Binomial name
Lataxiena cumella
(Jousseaume, 1898)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cumella cumella Jousseaume, 1898
  • Ocinebra kochiana Sowerby, 1900

Description edit

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Lataxiena cumella (Jousseaume, 1898). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Jousseaume, F., 1898. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Le Naturaliste 12(2) no 276: 201

External links edit