Latiaxis mawae
Appearance
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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Latiaxis |
Species: | L. mawae
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Binomial name | |
Latiaxis mawae (Gray, 1833)
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Synonyms | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.