Babelomurex cristatus

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

Babelomurex cristatus
A shell of Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979), 12.4 mm in length, taken in tangle nets at 80 fathoms off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Babelomurex
Species:
B. cristatus
Binomial name
Babelomurex cristatus
(Kosuge, 1979)

References
  1. Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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