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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Babelomurex (Genus)
> wormaldi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latiaxis (Echinolatiaxis) fenestratus Kosuge, 1980 accepted, alternate representation
=Latiaxis fenestratus Kosuge, 1980
=Latiaxis wormaldi Powell, 1971
Images: Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)
Holotype of Latiaxis wormaldi, collected off Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71329). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Latiaxis wormaldi, collected off Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71329). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Babelomurex (Genus)
> wormaldi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latiaxis (Echinolatiaxis) fenestratus Kosuge, 1980 accepted, alternate representation
=Latiaxis fenestratus Kosuge, 1980
=Latiaxis wormaldi Powell, 1971
Details: Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also Kermadec Islands, Philippine Islands and South-West Pacific. Approximately 160-650 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Oliverio, M. 2009 The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae), Molluscan Research, 29(3) (p.158)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.182)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.220) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil