Latirulus fasciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Latirulus |
| Species: | L. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Latirulus fasciatus Habe & Okutani, 1968
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Description
editThe snails are small, with their shells averaging 60 millimeters long. The shells can be white, with thin brown stripes going around the circumference of their shells, or a mottled brown. They live in island areas in the Pacific Ocean, such as in Hawaii or Japan.
References
edit- ^ Latirulus fasciatus Habe & Okutani, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
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