# 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

### 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)