Latiaxis

Taxobox
name = Latiaxis


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Neogastropoda
familia = Magilidae
genus = "Latiaxis"
genus_authority = Swainson, 1840
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Latiaxis" is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Magilidae, the rock snails.

The shells have a prominent peripheral keel, and in general, with a strong development of long curved hollow spines. The spire is flat to concave in the type species, but varies to moderately tall in others.

pecies within the genus "Latiaxis"

* "Latiaxis babelis" (Requien, 1849)
* "Latiaxis wormaldi" Powell, 1971
* "Latiaxis lischkeanus" (Dunker, 1882)
* "Latiaxis costatus" (Blainville, 1832) - california coralsnail
* "Latiaxis dalli" (Emerson and D'Attilio, 1963)
* "Latiaxis juliae" Clench and Aquayo, 1939
* "Latiaxis kincaidi" Dall, 1919
* "Latiaxis mansfieldi" (McGinty, 1940)

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1