''Latiaxis'' is a

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of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neoga ...

, subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails or coral shells.

Species

Species within the genus ''Latiaxis'' include: * '' Latiaxis bernardi'' K. Nicolay, 1984 * '' Latiaxis cerinamarumai'' Kosuge, 1980 * '' Latiaxis filiaris'' Shikama, 1978 * '' Latiaxis hayashii'' Shikama, 1966 * '' Latiaxis kawamurai'' Kuroda, 1959 * '' Latiaxis laevicostatus'' Kosuge, 1981 * '' Latiaxis mawae'' (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) * '' Latiaxis pilsbryi'' Hirase, 1908 ;Species mentioned in

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: * '' Latiaxis costatus'' ( Blainville, 1832) - California coralsnail * '' Latiaxis dalli'' (Emerson and D'Attilio, 1963) * '' Latiaxis juliae'' Clench and Aquayo, 1939 * '' Latiaxis kincaidi'' Dall, 1919 * '' Latiaxis mansfieldi'' (McGinty, 1940) ;The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also adds the following species with names in current use : * '' Latiaxis latipinnatus'' Azuma, 1961 ;Species from New Zealand : * '' Latiaxis lischkeanus'' (Dunker, 1882) ;Synonyms: * ''Latiaxis armatus'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1912: synonym of '' Babelomurex armatus'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1912) * ''Latiaxis babelis'' (Requien, 1849) and ''Latiaxis cariniferus'' (Sowerby G.B. I, 1834) are synonyms for '' Babelomurex cariniferus'' (Sowerby, 1834) * ''Latiaxis benoiti'' (Tiberi, 1855): synonym of '' Babelomurex benoiti'' (Tiberi, 1855) *'' Latiaxis cariniferoides'' Shikama, 1966: synonym of '' Babelomurex cariniferoides'' (Shikama, 1966) * ''Latiaxis cariniferus'' (Sowerby G.B. I, 1834): synonym of '' Babelomurex cariniferus'' (Sowerby, 1834) * ''Latiaxis castaneocinctus'' Kosuge, 1980: synonym of '' Babelomurex princeps'' (Melvill, 1912) * ''Latiaxis chiangi'' Lan, 1982: synonym of '' Coralliophila abnormis'' (E.A. Smith, 1878) * ''Latiaxis couturieri'' Jousseaume, 1898: synonym of '' Babelomurex couturieri'' (Jousseaume, 1898) * ''Latiaxis echinatus'' Azuma, 1960: synonym of '' Babelomurex echinatus'' (Azuma, 1960) * ''Latiaxis elstoni'' Barnard, 1962: synonym of '' Toxiclionella elstoni'' (Barnard, 1962) * ''Latiaxis fearnleyi'' Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965: synonym of ''

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'' (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965) * ''Latiaxis fenestratus'' Kosuge, 1980: synonym of '' Babelomurex wormaldi'' (Powell, 1971) * ''Latiaxis filiaregis'' Kurohara, 1959: synonym of '' Hirtomurex filiaregis'' (Kurohara, 1959) * ''Latiaxis fruticosus'' Kosuge, 1979: synonym of '' Babelomurex fruticosus'' (Kosuge, 1979) * ''Latiaxis gemmatus'' Shikama, 1966: synonym of '' Babelomurex diadema'' (A. Adams, 1854) * ''Latiaxis helenae'' Azuma, 1973: synonym of '' Babelomurex fusiformis'' (Martens, 1902) * ''Latiaxis jeanneae'' D'Attilio & Myers, 1984: synonym of '' Babelomurex spinosus'' (Hirase, 1908) * ''Latiaxis kanamarui'' Shikama, 1978: synonym of '' Babelomurex indicus'' (E.A. Smith, 1899) * ''Latiaxis kawanishii'' Kosuge, 1979: synonym of '' Babelomurex kawanishii'' (Kosuge, 1979) * ''Latiaxis kieneri'' Hidalgo, 1904: synonym of '' Babelomurex indicus'' (E.A. Smith, 1899) * ''Latiaxis kiranus'' Kuroda, 1959: synonym of '' Babelomurex indicus'' (E.A. Smith, 1899) * ''Latiaxis macutanica'' Kosuge, 1979: synonym of '' Babelomurex diadema'' (A. Adams, 1854) * ''Latiaxis mamimarumai'' Kosuge, 1981: synonym of '' Mipus mamimarumai'' (Kosuge, 1981) * ''Latiaxis marumai'' Habe & Kosuge, 1970: synonym of '' Babelomurex marumai'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1970) * ''Latiaxis mediopacificus'' Kosuge, 1979: synonym of Babelomurex mediopacificus (Kosuge, 1979) * ''Latiaxis michikoae'' Shikama, 1978: synonym of '' Babelomurex indicus'' (E.A. Smith, 1899) * ''Latiaxis multispinosus'' Shikama, 1966: synonym of '' Babelomurex spinosus'' (Hirase, 1908) * ''Latiaxis nagahorii'' Kosuge, 1980: synonym of '' Babelomurex nagahorii'' (Kosuge, 1980) * ''Latiaxis nakamigawai'' Kuroda, 1959: synonym of '' Babelomurex nakamigawai'' (Kuroda, 1959) * ''Latiaxis nakayasui'' Shikama, 1970: synonym of '' Babelomurex nakayasui'' (Shikama, 1970) * ''Latiaxis princeps'': synonym of '' Babelomurex princeps'' (Melvill, 1912) * ''Latiaxis purpuraterminus'' Kosuge, 1979 : synonym of '' Babelomurex purpuraterminus'' (Kosuge, 1979) * ''Latiaxis sallei'' Jousseaume, 1884 : synonym of '' Babelomurex japonicus'' (Dunker, 1882) * ''Latiaxis scobina'' Kilburn, 1973 : synonym of '' Hirtomurex winckworthi'' (Fulton, 1930) * ''Latiaxis sentix'' (Bayer, 1971) : synonym of '' Babelomurex sentix'' (Bayer, 1971) * ''Latiaxis shingomarumai'' Kosuge, 1981 : synonym of '' Babelomurex shingomarumai'' (Kosuge, 1981) * ''Latiaxis sibogae'' Schepman, 1911 : synonym of '' Pazinotus sibogae'' (Schepman, 1911) * ''Latiaxis spinosus'' Hirase, 1908 : synonym of '' Babelomurex spinosus'' (Hirase, 1908) * ''Latiaxis teramachii'' Kuroda, 1959 : synonym of '' Hirtomurex teramachii'' (Kuroda, 1959) * ''Latiaxis tortilis'' A. Adams, 1867 : synonym of '' Mipus gyratus'' (Hinds, 1844) * ''Latiaxis tortuosus'' Azuma, 1961 : synonym of '' Mipus tortuosus'' (Azuma, 1961) * ''Latiaxis tosanus'' Hirase, 1908 : synonym of '' Babelomurex tosanus'' (Hirase, 1908) * ''Latiaxis translucida'' Kosuge, 1981 : synonym of '' Hirtomurex winckworthi'' (Fulton, 1930) * ''Latiaxis tuberosus'' Kosuge, 1980 : synonym of '' Babelomurex tuberosus'' (Kosuge, 1980) * ''Latiaxis tumidus'' Kosuge, 1980 : synonym of '' Babelomurex tumidus'' (Kosuge, 1980) * ''Latiaxis vicdani'' Kosuge, 1980: synonym of '' Mipus vicdani'' (Kosuge, 1980) * ''Latiaxis winckworthi'' Fulton, 1930 : synonym of '' Hirtomurex winckworthi'' (Fulton, 1930) * ''Latiaxis wormaldi'' Powell, 1971:New Zealand Mollusca : Latiaxis wormaldi
/ref> synonym of '' Babelomurex wormaldi'' (Powell, 1971)

References

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 * Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

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