Babelomurex wormaldi

Babelomurex wormaldi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails.^[1]

Babelomurex wormaldi, apertural view

Babelomurex wormaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. wormaldi
Binomial name
Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
Latiaxis fenestratus Kosuge, 1980 Latiaxis wormaldi Powell, 1971 (basionym)

Description

The average shell size is 16.7 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and New Zealand.