Latiaxis mawae
| Latiaxis mawae | |
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| Shell of Latiaxis mawae (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834), measuring 25.4 mm in length, taken at 80 fathoms in tangle nets off Balicasag Island in the Philippines. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Latiaxis |
| Species: | L. mawae |
| Binomial name | |
| Latiaxis mawae K. Nicolay, 1984 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Latiaxis kylix Barnard, 1959 | |
Latiaxis mawae[1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
References
- ↑ Latiaxis mawae (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2011.
External links
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- Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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