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Latiaxis mawae

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Species of gastropod

Latiaxis mawae
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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Latiaxis
Species: L. mawae
Binomial name
Latiaxis mawae
(Gray, 1833)
Synonyms

Latiaxis kylix Barnard, 1959
Latiaxis mawae kylix Barnard, 1959
Pyrula mawae Gray , 1834

Latiaxis mawae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

References

  1. Latiaxis mawae (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2011.

External links

  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Latiaxis mawae


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