Latirus gibbulus

Latirus gibbulus, common name the gibbose latirus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Latirus gibbulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Latirus
Species:	L. gibbulus
Binomial name
Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus filosus Lamarck, 1816 Fusus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791) Fusus tapetepersicum Röding, 1798 Latirus aurantiacus Montfort, 1810 Murex gibbulus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Neptunea ecaudata Link, 1807

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 115 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.