Babelomurex marumai

Babelomurex marumai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. marumai
Binomial name
Babelomurex marumai
Habe & Kosuge, 1970)
Synonyms
  • Latiaxis (Lamellatiaxis) marumai T. Habe & Kosuge, 1970 superseded combination
  • Latiaxis marumai T. Habe & Kosuge, 1970 (superseded combination

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the South China Sea; also off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  • Habe T. & Kosuge S. (1970). Descriptions of new subgenus and species of Latiaxis from the South China Sea. Venus. 28(4): 182-185, figs 1-3.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.