Babelomurex fruticosus

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

Babelomurex fruticosus
A shell of Babelomurex fruticosus (Kosuge, 1979), 18.9 mm in length, taken at 80 fathoms 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. fruticosus
Binomial name
Babelomurex fruticosus
(Kosuge, 1979)

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Babelomurex fruticosus (Kosuge, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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