Babelomurex neocaledonicus

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

Babelomurex neocaledonicus
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. neocaledonicus
Binomial name
Babelomurex neocaledonicus
Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001

Distribution

New Caledonia, deep water

References
  1. Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Kosuge, S. & Oliverio, M., 2001. A new coralliophiline species from the southwest Pacific (Neogastropda: Muricidae: Coralliophilinae). Journal of Conchology 37(3): 285–290


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