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Latiromitra paiciorum
Shell of Latiromitra paiciorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Latiromitra
Species:	L. paiciorum
Binomial name
Latiromitra paiciorum Bouchet & Kantor, 2000

Latiromitra paiciorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae. It is named after the Kanak linguistic group, occupying the east coast of New Caledonia near Cape Bayes, and the speakers of the Paici language.

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.1 mm. Color is light brown-beige, polished, and periostracum transparent. L. paiciorum resembles L. crytodon, but differs in having fewer axial ribs and stronger columellar plaits. It differs from other Indo-Pacific species by its small adult size.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Norfolk Ridge.

References

1. Bouchet & Kantor (2000). The Veliger 43 (1) : 1–23. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
2. ^ Latiromitra paiciorum Bouchet & Kantor, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
3. ^ Bouchet, P, and YI Kantor. “The Anatomy and Systematics of Latiromitra, a Genus of Tropical Deep-Water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae).” The Veliger 43.1 (2000): 1–23. Print.

External links

• Bouchet P. & Kantor Y. (2000). The anatomy and systematics of Latiromitra, a genus of tropical deep-water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). The Veliger 43(1): 1-23

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