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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)
> nakamigawai (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latiaxis (Babelomurex) nakamigawai Kuroda, 1959 accepted, alternate representation
=Latiaxis nakamigawai Kuroda, 1959
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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)
> nakamigawai (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latiaxis (Babelomurex) nakamigawai Kuroda, 1959 accepted, alternate representation
=Latiaxis nakamigawai Kuroda, 1959
Details: Babelomurex nakamigawai (Kuroda, 1959)
Size/Grows to:
Height 35mm, Width 24mm
Distribution:
South-eastern Africa, southern Japan and New Zealand. Off North Cape, from 470-630m
Type Data:
  • 200-300 metres, Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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.156)
  • Kuroda, T. 1959 Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Japan, Venus, 20(4) (p.321) 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