Biology:Babelomurex neocaledonicus
| Babelomurex neocaledonicus | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex neocaledonicus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. neocaledonicus
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| Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001
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Babelomurex neocaledonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
B. neocaledonicus has a height of 25-31 mm.
The spire is low and conical, with a sharply angled shoulder. The major set of triangular spines occurs on the shoulder, with over a dozen spiral cords on the body whorl forming a scabrous pattern of lamellae which develop into two minor spines on the lower side of the aperture. The aperture is subquadrangular, with the outer lip incised at the insertions of spines, and the inner lip reflected over the columella. The siphonal canal is long and angled.
The ground color is white, with pink vertical bands leading between each major subsutural spine and its corresponding first minor spine underneath. The spines typically have pink apices.
B. neocaledonicus resembles B. spinosus and its allies in terms of its coloration and strong triangular spines, but B. neocaledonicus can be distinguished by its larger size and low spire. B. neocaledonicus also resembles B. purpuratus, but differs primarily in its scaly teleoconch sculpture and narrower, less foliate spines.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off southern New Caledonia and on the Norfolk Ridge, at depths of 200-400 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kosuge, S. & Oliverio, M., 2001. A new coralliophiline species from the southwest Pacific (Neogastropda: Muricidae: Coralliophilinae). Journal of Conchology 37(3): 285–290
- 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4837753 entry
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