Latiaxis mawae

Latiaxis mawae[1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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
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

Latiaxis kylix Barnard, 1959
Latiaxis mawae kylix Barnard, 1959
Pyrula mawae Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 1834

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