Babelomurex tectumsinensis
| Babelomurex tectumsinensis | |
|---|---|
| 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. tectumsinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Babelomurex tectumsinensis, common name : the Lamellose Coral Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Panama, Colombia and Venezuela and in the Mediterranean Sea
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 March 2011.
- Cossignani T. (2010) Validazione di Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 66: 19