Latiaxis

Latiaxis is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, 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 Latiaxis nippooleifera Chino, 2014 Species mentioned in ITIS : 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 Coralliophila fearnleyi (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: synonym of Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)