Laetifautor

Laetifautor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Genus:	Laetifautor Iredale, 1929
Type species
Calliostoma trepidum Hedley, 1907
Synonyms[1]
Calliostoma (Spicator) Cotton & Godfrey, 1935 Spicator Cotton & Godfrey, 1935

Laetifautor is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Laetifautor include:

• Laetifautor deceptus (E.A. Smith, 1898)[2]
• Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960[3]
• Laetifautor fundatus Marshall, 1995[4]
• Laetifautor rubropunctatus (A. Adams, 1851)[5]
• Laetifautor spinulosus (Tate, 1893) [6]
• Laetifautor unicarinata Fischer, 1879 [7]

Species brought into synonymy

• Laetifautor amakusaensis Habe in Azuma & Toki, 1968: synonym of Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960
• Laetifautor monilis (Reeve, 1863): synonym of Astele monile (Reeve, 1863)
• Laetifautor ornatissimus (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Ethminolia ornatissima (Schepman, 1908)
• Laetifautor scobinatus (Reeve, 1863): synonym of Calliostoma scobinatum (A. Adams in Reeve, 1863)
• Laetifautor simulans (Smith, 1899): synonym of Maurea simulans (B. A. Marshall, 1994)
• Laetifautor spinulosum (Tate, 1893):[6] synonym of Laetifautor spinulosus (Tate, 1893)
• Laetifautor trepidus (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Laetifautor deceptus (E.A. Smith, 1898)

References

1. Laetifautor Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
2. Laetifautor deceptum (E.A. Smith, 1898). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
3. Laetifautor elegans Habe, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
4. Laetifautor fundatus Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
5. Laetifautor rubropunctatum (A. Adams, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
6. Laetifautor spinulosus (Tate, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
7. ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory : Laetifautor unicarinata

• Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31

External links

• Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1935). South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part XIV. The South Australian Naturalist. 16(2): 13-24.