Babelomurex princeps
Appearance
Babelomurex princeps | |
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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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Babelomurex |
Species: | B. princeps
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Binomial name | |
Babelomurex princeps (Melvill, 1912)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Babelomurex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 25 mm and 45 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines
References
[edit]- ^ a b Babelomurex princeps (Melvill, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 March 2011.
- 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
[edit]- "Babelomurex (Babelomurex) princeps". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 March 2011.