Babelomurex gemmatus
| Babelomurex gemmatus | |
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| A shell of Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966), 33.6 mm in length, taken at 180 to 200 m in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. gemmatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Latiaxis gemmatus Shikama, 1966 (basionym) | |
Babelomurex gemmatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
References
- ↑ Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2011.
External links
- Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585.
- Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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