Babelomurex wormaldi

Babelomurex wormaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. wormaldi
Binomial name
Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)
Synonyms [1]
Latiaxis fenestratusKosuge, 1980 Latiaxis wormaldiPowell, 1971 (basionym)

Babelomurex wormaldi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails. ^[1]

Babelomurex wormaldi, apertural view

Description

The average shell size is 16.7 mm ^[2] .

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and New Zealand.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550021 on 2011-03-08
2. "simon's-specimen-shells". www.simons-specimen-shells.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2025.

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
• Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585 page(s): 544
• "Babelomurex (Echinolatiaxis) wormaldi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

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