Babelomurex wormaldi
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| Babelomurex wormaldi | |
| 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. wormaldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971) | |
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Babelomurex wormaldi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails.[1]
Babelomurex wormaldi, apertural view
Description
The shell size varies between 19 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and New Zealand.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2010). Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550021 on 2011-03-08
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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.
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