Pseudolatirus clausicaudatus

Pseudolatirus clausicaudatus
Pseudolatirus clausicaudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Pseudolatirus
Species: P. clausicaudatus
Binomial name
Pseudolatirus clausicaudatus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassibougia clausicaudatus (Hinds, R.B., 1844)
  • Fusus clausicaudatus Hinds, 1844
  • Latirus clausicaudatus (Hinds, 1844)

Pseudolatirus clausicaudatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

References


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