Latiaxis mawae

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; (Gray, 1833)
Synonyms
	Latiaxis kylix Barnard, 1959; Latiaxis mawae kylix Barnard, 1959; Pyrula mawae Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 1834

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

References

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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