Babelomurex nakayasui

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

Babelomurex nakayasui
A shell of Babelomurex nakayasui (Shikama, 1970), measuring 22.5 mm in length, trawled at 80 fathoms off 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. nakayasui
Binomial name
Babelomurex nakayasui
(Shikama, 1970)

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Babelomurex nakayasui (Shikama, 1970). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • 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, at page 536 .


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