Lataxiena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883 is the type species by tautonomy (= Trophon fimbriatus Hinds, 1844).
Species Species within the genus Lataxiena include: Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832) Lataxiena bombayana (Melvill, 1893) Lataxiena cumella (Jousseaume, 1898) Lataxiena desserti Houart, 1995 Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844) Lataxiena habropenos Houart, 1995 Lataxiena lutescena Zhang & Zhang, 2014 Lataxiena solenosteiroides Houart, Fraussen & Barbier, 2013 Species brought into synonymy Lataxiena birileffi (Lischke, 1871): synonym of Bedevina birileffi (Lischke, 1871) Lataxiena elegans Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844) Lataxiena lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844) Lataxiena mixta Houart, 1995: synonym of Orania mixta Houart, 1995 Lataxiena taiwanica Shikama, 1978: synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
References
Houart R., Fraussen K. & Barbier J.P. (2013) Description of a new species of Lataxiena (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from India. Gloria Maris 52(1–2): 1–10.
External links Jousseaume F. (1883). Description d'espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10