Babelomurex finchii

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]

Babelomurex finchii
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
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

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.