Babelomurex macrocephalus

Babelomurex macrocephalus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Babelomurex macrocephalus
Shell of Babelomurex macrocephalus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. macrocephalus
Binomial name
Babelomurex macrocephalus
Oliverio, 2008[1]

Distribution

The holotype of this marine species was found off New Caledonia.

References
  1. 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. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. 196: 481–585.
  2. Babelomurex macrocephalus Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585


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