Babelomurex longispinosus

Babelomurex longispinosus
Shell of Babelomurex longispinosus (Suzuki, 1972), measuring 16.3 mm in length, trawled at 80 fathoms, off Balut Island, in the Philippines.
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. longispinosus
Binomial name
Babelomurex longispinosus
(Suzuki, 1972)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis pisori D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980

Babelomurex longispinosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

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