Biology:Babelomurex longispinosus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Babelomurex longispinosus
Shell of Babelomurex longispinosus (Suzuki, 1972), measuring 16.3 mm in length, trawled at 80 fathoms, off Balut Island, in the Philippines.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. longispinosus
Binomial name
Babelomurex longispinosus
(Suzuki, 1972)
Synonyms[1]
  • Babelomurex (Babelomurex) longispinosus (M. Suzuki, 1972)
  • Latiaxis longispinosus M. Suzuki, 1972 (original combination)
  • Latiaxis pisori D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980

Babelomurex longispinosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan

References

  • Suzuki M. (1972). Descriptions of new species of Latiaxis. Pacific Shell News. 6: 1-3, 2 figs.
  • D'Attilio, A.; Emerson, W.K. (1980). Two new Indo-Pacific coralliophilid species (Gastropoda Muricacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 1(5): 69-73, pls 19-20
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q4837743 entry