Babelomurex japonicus

Babelomurex japonicus
Five views of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species: B. japonicus
Binomial name
Babelomurex japonicus
(Dunker, R.W., 1882)
Synonyms[1]
An apertural view of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, 1882), 25.9 mm, taken at 80 fathoms in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island in the Philippines.

Babelomurex japonicus, common name the Japanese latiaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the following countries, Japan, the Philippines and Hawaii.

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