Lamellaria latens

Lamellaria latens
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Lamellaria
Species:
L. latens
Binomial name
Lamellaria latens
(O. F. Müller, 1776)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulla latens O. F. Müller, 1776
  • Lamellaria perspicua var. lata Jeffreys, 1867
  • Lamellaria tentaculata Montagu, 1816

Lamellaria latens is a species of small, slug-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Velutinidae. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea where it feeds on colonial ascidians (sea squirts).[2]

  1. ^ a b Marshall, Bruce (2016). "Lamellaria latens (O. F. Müller, 1776)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Lamellaria latens (O. F. Müller, 1776)". BioInfo (UK). Retrieved 17 March 2019.