Babelomurex finchii

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Babelomurex finchii
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A shell of Babelomurex finchii (H.C. Fulton, 1930), 22.6 mm in length, taken at 80 fathoms in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. finchii
Binomial name
Babelomurex finchii
(H. C. Fulton, 1930)
Synonyms

Latiaxis dunkeriKuroda, T. & T. Habe, 1961

Babelomurex finchii, common name Finch's latiaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm in maximum dimension.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

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