Babelomurex japonicus

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Babelomurex japonicus
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Five views of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. japonicus
Binomial name
Babelomurex japonicus
(Dunker, R.W., 1882)
Synonyms [1]
An apertural view of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, 1882), 25.9 mm, taken at 80 fathoms in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island in the Philippines. Babelomurex japonicus.jpg
An apertural view of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, 1882), 25.9 mm, taken at 80 fathoms in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island in the Philippines.

Babelomurex japonicus [2] , common name the Japanese 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 length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the following countries, Japan, the Philippines and Hawaii.

References

  1. 1 2 Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, R.W., 1882) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "MolluscaBase - Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, 1882)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 25 February 2025.


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