Babelomurex latipinnatus
| Babelomurex latipinnatus | |
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| A shell of Babelomurex latipinnatus (Azuma, 1961), 20.4 mm in length, trawled at 180 m depth in the South China Sea in China. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. latipinnatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex latipinnatus (Azuma, 1961) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Latiaxis latipinnatus M. Azuma, 1961 | |
Babelomurex latipinnatus 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 holotype attains 25 mm, its diameter is 37 mm.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex latipinnatus (Azuma, 1961). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Azuma, M. (1961). "Descriptions of six new species of Japanese marine gastropoda". Venus. 21 (3). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
External links
- 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 521.