Crassicantharus noumeensis
Crassicantharus noumeensis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Dolicholatiridae
Genus:	Crassicantharus
Species:	C. noumeensis
Binomial name
Crassicantharus noumeensis ( Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms [1]
Latirus aureocinctus G. B. Sowerby III, 1875 Peristernia aureocincta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875) Teralatirus noumeensis Crosse, 1870 Turbinella noumeensis Crosse, 1870 (original combination)

Crassicantharus noumeensis, common name the gold-banded latirus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dolicholatiridae. ^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Hawaii, Japan, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Oceania, Philippines and Australia (Western Australia)

References

• Crosse, H. 1870. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 138–248
• Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
• Wilson, B. (1994) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 2 Neogastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp. page(s): 67

External links

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