Babelomurex nakamigawai

Babelomurex nakamigawai
Shell of Babelomurex nakamigawai (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. nakamigawai
Binomial name
Babelomurex nakamigawai
(Kuroda, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Latiaxis (Babelomurex) nakamigawai Kuroda, 1959 alternative representation (superseded combination)
  • Latiaxis nakamigawai Kuroda, 1959 (superseded combination)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique, Madagascar, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) and Vanuatu,

References

  • Kuroda, T. (1958-1959). Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Japan. Venus. 20(4): 317–335
  • 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.