Babelomurex tosanus

Babelomurex tosanus
Shell of Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908), measuring 36.8 mm in length, dregded at 50 fathoms off Tosa Bay, Shikoku, in Japan.
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. tosanus
Binomial name
Babelomurex tosanus
(Hirase, 1908)

Babelomurex tosanus is a species of sea snail, which is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex or rock snails.[1]

Description

Its color is white or pale brown. It has spines in two configurations. In the first type, each spine on the shoulder is wide and expands vertically. In the other, each spine on the shoulder is thin, long and expands diagonally. It resembles Babelomurex nakayasui, but its body whorl is weak and each spine on the body whorl expands in an irregular direction.[2]

Distribution

It is found in Hawaii,[3] South Africa[4] and the southwest Pacific.[5]

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