Biology:Babelomurex tosanus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Babelomurex tosanus
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Shell of Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908), measuring 36.8 mm in length, dredged at 50 fathoms off Tosa Bay, Shikoku, in Japan
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. tosanus
Binomial name
Babelomurex tosanus
(Hirase, 1908)

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

Description

Its color is white or pale brown. It has spines in two configurations. In the first type, each spine on the shoulder is wide and expands vertically. In the other, each spine on the shoulder is thin, long and expands diagonally. It resembles Babelomurex nakayasui, but its body whorl is weak and each spine on the body whorl expands in an irregular direction.[2]

Distribution

It is found in Hawaii,[3] South Africa[4] and the southwest Pacific.[5]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q4837765 entry