Babelomurex mediopacificus

Babelomurex mediopacificus
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. mediopacificus
Binomial name
Babelomurex mediopacificus
(Kosuge, 1979)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis (Lamellatiaxis) mediopacificus Kosuge, 1979
  • Latiaxis mediopacificus Kosuge, 1979

Babelomurex mediopacificus 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 New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Austral Islands.

References

  • Kosuge, S. (1979). Descriptions of two new subgenus and seven new species of the genus Latiaxis (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(1): 3-8, pls 2-3.
  • Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.