Biology:Babelomurex princeps

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Babelomurex princeps
Babelomurex princeps.jpg
Shell of Babelomurex princeps (Melville, 1912), measuring 21.2 mm in length, trawled at 75 fathoms off Punta Engano, Mactan Island, in the Philippines
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. princeps
Binomial name
Babelomurex princeps
(Melvill, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis castaneocinctus Kosuge, 1980
  • Latiaxis princeps Melvill, 1912 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines

References

  • 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. page(s): 539.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4837754 entry