Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Coralliophilinae Scientific name Babelomurex japonicus Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Babelomurex Phylum Mollusca | |
 | ||
Similar Babelomurex, Babelomurex spinosus, Babelomurex yumimarumai, Babelomurex lischkeanus | ||
Babelomurex japonicus, common name the Japanese latiaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Contents
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
Babelomurex japonicus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA