Babelomurex laevicostatus

Babelomurex laevicostatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. laevicostatus
Binomial name
Babelomurex laevicostatus
(Kosuge, 1981)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis (Echinolatiaxis) laevicostatus Kosuge, 1981
  • Latiaxis laevicostatus Kosuge, 1981

Babelomurex laevicostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  • Kosuge, S. (1981). Descriptions of three new species of the genus Latiaxis from Japan and Philippines (Gastropoda Muricacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(6): 88-90, pl. 29