Babelomurex tuberosus

Babelomurex tuberosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. tuberosus
Binomial name
Babelomurex tuberosus
(Kosuge, 1980)
Synonyms
  • Latiaxis (Echinolatiaxis) tuberosus Kosuge, 1980 alternative representation
  • Latiaxis tuberosus Kosuge, 1980 (original combination)

Babelomurex tuberosus 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 Taiwan, the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References

  • Kosuge, S. (1980). Descriptions of six new species of the genus Latiaxis from the Philippines Sea. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(3): 41-45, pls 9-10.
  • 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.