Babelomurex spinosus

Babelomurex spinosus
Shell of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908), measuring 35.7 mm in length, trawled at 60 ft. off Tosa Bay, Shikoku, in Japan.
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. spinosus
Binomial name
Babelomurex spinosus
Hirase, 1908
Synonyms
  • Babelomurex multispinosus Shikama, 1966
  • Babelomurex (Babelomurex) spinosus (Hirase, 1908)
  • Coralliophila spinosa Dall, 1925
  • Latiaxis jeanneae D'Attilio & Myers, 1984
  • Latiaxis multispinosus Shikama, 1966
  • Latiaxis pagodus Adams, A., 1852
  • Latiaxis spinosus Hirase, 1908 (basionym)

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

Description

The height of the shell varies between 20 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Northern Australia.

References

  1. Babelomurex spinosus Hirase, 1908.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2012.

Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585, at page 538.

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