Babelomurex japonicus

Babelomurex japonicus,^[2] common name the Japanese latiaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Babelomurex japonicus
Five views of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. japonicus
Binomial name
Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, R.W., 1882)
Synonyms[1]
Latiaxis japonicus (Dunker, 1882) Latiaxis sallei Jousseaume, 1884 Rapana japonica Dunker, R.W., 1882 (basionym)

An apertural view of a shell of Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, 1882), 25.9 mm, taken at 80 fathoms in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island in the Philippines.

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.