Babelomurex longispinosus

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

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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Babelomurex
Species:
B. longispinosus
Binomial name
Babelomurex longispinosus
(Suzuki, 1972)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis pisori D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980

Description

Distribution

References
  1. OBIS : Latiaxis pisori D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980
  2. Babelomurex longispinosus (Suzuki, 1972). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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