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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:
Philippine Islands and South-West Pacific. Kermadec Islands and north-eastern North Island as far south as vicinity of White Island, from 162-407m
Type Data:
  • 330 metres, ESE Poor Knights Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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