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Babelomurex cariniferus Babel's latiaxis

Babelomurex cariniferus is commonly referred to as Babel's latiaxis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Babelomurex cariniferus,33.2mm, Babels latiaxis,Evia Island, Greece 2019

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lexID:
16139 
AphiaID:
224954 
Scientific:
Babelomurex cariniferus 
German:
Babels Latiaxis 
English:
Babel's Latiaxis 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Babelomurex (Genus) > cariniferus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(G. B. Sowerby II, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Angola, European Coasts, Greece, Malta, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Sea depth:
1 - 1000 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2,0cm - 4,5cm) 
Weight:
7 g 
Temperature:
°F - 23,9 °F (°C - 23,9°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Babelomurex armatus
  • Babelomurex atlantidis
  • Babelomurex benoiti
  • Babelomurex bernardi
  • Babelomurex blowi
  • Babelomurex capensis
  • Babelomurex cariniferoides
  • Babelomurex cariniferus
    Babels Latiaxis
  • Babelomurex centimanus
  • Babelomurex cookae
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-12-29 15:39:07 

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Babelomurex cariniferus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

Babelomurex cariniferus, common name Babel's latiaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Feeds exclusively on the polyps of the colonies of scleractinian stony corals, including Astroides calycularis.

Synonymised names:
Coralliophila babelis (Requien, 1848) · unaccepted
Coralliophila carinata Koroneos, 1979 · unaccepted (synonym)
Coralliophila lacerata (Deshayes, 1856) · unaccepted
Coralliophila lacerata var. piruloides E. von Martens, 1876 · unaccepted (dubious syn.)
Fusus babelis Requien, 1848 · unaccepted
Fusus babelis var. regalis Requien, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Latiaxis babelis (Requien, 1848) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Latiaxis cariniferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) · unaccepted (currently placed in genus...)
Latiaxis elegans Angas, 1878 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Murex cariniferus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 · unaccepted
Murex laceratum Deshayes, 1856 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Purpura gravesii Broderip, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

  1. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2023.
  2. ResearchGate (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2023.

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Babelomurex cariniferus,33.2mm, Babels latiaxis,Evia Island, Greece 2019

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