Biology:Babelomurex fruticosus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Babelomurex fruticosus | |
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| 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 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. fruticosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex fruticosus (Kosuge, 1979)
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Babelomurex fruticosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Subspecies Babelomurex fruticosus gemmatus (Shikama, 1966): synonym of Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966)
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex fruticosus (Kosuge, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Kosuge, S. (1979). Descriptions of two new subgenus and seven new species of the genus Latiaxis (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(1): 3-8, pls 2-3
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Kosuge S. & Suzuki M. (1985). Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups, Family Coralliophilidae. Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication. 1: v + 83 pp., 50 pls.
Wikidata ☰ Q4837732 entry
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