Babelomurex spinosus

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

Babelomurex spinosus
Shell of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908), measuring 35.7 mm in length, trawled at 60 ft. off Tosa Bay, Shikoku, in Japan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. spinosus
Binomial name
Babelomurex spinosus Hirase, 1908
Synonyms
Babelomurex multispinosus Shikama, 1966 Babelomurex (Babelomurex) spinosus (Hirase, 1908) Coralliophila spinosa Dall, 1925 Latiaxis jeanneae D'Attilio & Myers, 1984 Latiaxis multispinosus Shikama, 1966 Latiaxis pagodus Adams, A., 1852 Latiaxis spinosus Hirase, 1908 (basionym)

Description

A very spinose species.

The height of the shell varies between 20 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Northern Australia.