Babelomurex finchii

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| image = Babelomurex finchii.jpg

| image_caption = A shell of Babelomurex finchii (H.C. Fulton, 1930), 22.6 mm in length, taken at 80 fathoms in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines.

| genus = Babelomurex

| species = finchii

| authority = (H. C. Fulton, 1930)

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| synonyms = Latiaxis dunkeri Kuroda, T. & T. Habe, 1961

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Babelomurex finchii, common name Finch's latiaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|410844|Babelomurex finchii (Fulton, H.C., 1930)||24 April 2010}}

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm in maximum dimension.

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

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