Biology:Babelomurex finchii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Babelomurex finchii
Babelomurex finchii.jpg
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 .
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 dunkeri Kuroda, 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]

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 .

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4837733 entry