Babelomurex japonicus

Babelomurex japonicus
Five views of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. japonicus
Binomial name
Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, R.W., 1882)
Synonyms[1]
Latiaxis japonicus (Dunker, 1882) Latiaxis sallei Jousseaume, 1884 Rapana japonica Dunker, R.W., 1882 (basionym)

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 mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

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

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Distribution[]

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

References[]

• 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.

External links[]

• "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