Babelomurex japonicus

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]

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.

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.

References
  1. Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, R.W., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2012.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • 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. page(s): 523
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • "Babelomurex japonicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  • Jousseaume F. (1883). Description d'espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10


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