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| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| ordo = [[Neogastropoda]]
| ordo = [[Neogastropoda]]
| familia = [[Muricidae]]
| familia = [[Magilidae]]
| genus = '''''Latiaxis'''''
| genus = '''''Latiaxis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Swainson]], 1840
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
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'''''Latiaxis''''' is a [[genus]] of medium-sized sea [[snail]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Muricidae]], the rock snails.
'''''Latiaxis''''' is a [[genus]] of medium-sized sea [[snail]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s 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 (mollusc)|spire]] is flat to concave in the type species, but varies to moderately tall in others.
==Species within the genus ''Latiaxis''==
* ''[[Latiaxis babelis]]''
* ...
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==Species within the genus ''Latiaxis''==
[[Category:Muricidae]]
* ''[[Latiaxis babelis]]'' <small>(Requien, 1849)</small>
* ''[[Latiaxis wormaldi]]'' <small>[[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell]], 1971</small>
* ''[[Latiaxis lischkeanus]]'' <small>(Dunker, 1882)</small>
* ''[[Latiaxis costatus]]'' <small>([[Blainville]], 1832)</small> - california coralsnail
* ''[[Latiaxis dalli]]'' <small>(Emerson and D'Attilio, 1963)</small>
* ''[[Latiaxis juliae]]'' <small>Clench and Aquayo, 1939</small>
* ''[[Latiaxis kincaidi]]'' <small>[[W. H. Dall|Dall]], 1919</small>
* ''[[Latiaxis mansfieldi]]'' <small>(McGinty, 1940)</small>


==References==
* {{ITIS|ID=73517|taxon=''Latiaxis''}}
* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1


[[Category:Magilidae]]
{{gastropod-stub}}


[[pt:‎Latiaxis]]
[[pt:‎Latiaxis]]

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Latiaxis
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Latiaxis

Swainson, 1840
Species

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.

Species within the genus Latiaxis

References

  • "Latiaxis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1