Latiromitra paiciorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.[2] It is named after the Kanak linguistic group, occupying the east coast of New Caledonia near Cape Bayes, and the speakers of the Paici language.[3]
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| Shell of Latiromitra paiciorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Latiromitra |
| Species: | L. paiciorum
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| Latiromitra paiciorum Bouchet & Kantor, 2000[1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 25.1 mm.[2] Color is light brown-beige, polished, and periostracum transparent. L. paiciorum resembles L. crytodon, but differs in having fewer axial ribs and stronger columellar plaits. It differs from other Indo-Pacific species by its small adult size.[3]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Norfolk Ridge.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bouchet & Kantor (2000). The Veliger 43 (1) : 1–23. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ a b Latiromitra paiciorum Bouchet & Kantor, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P, and YI Kantor. “The Anatomy and Systematics of Latiromitra, a Genus of Tropical Deep-Water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae).” The Veliger 43.1 (2000): 1–23. Print.
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