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
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 shell size varies between 19 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

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