Babelomurex gemmatus

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

Babelomurex gemmatus
A shell of Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966), 33.6 mm in length, taken at 180 to 200 m in tangle nets 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. gemmatus
Binomial name
Babelomurex gemmatus
(Shikama, 1966)
Synonyms

Latiaxis gemmatus Shikama, 1966 (basionym)

Babelomurex gemmatus shells

References
  1. Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 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.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.


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