Laetifautor Iredale 1929

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

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