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Babelomurex problematicus
Shell of Babelomurex problematicus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. problematicus
Binomial name
Babelomurex problematicus
(Kosuge, 1980)
Synonyms
  • Latiaxis (Echinolatiaxis) problematicus Kosuge, 1980 alternative representation
  • Latiaxis problematicus Kosuge, 1980 (original combination)

Babelomurex problematicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Kosuge, S. (1980). Descriptions of six new species of the genus Latiaxis from the Philippines Sea. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(3): 41-45, pls 9-10
  • Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.