Babelomurex princeps
Babelomurex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Babelomurex princeps | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex princeps (Melville, 1912), measuring 21.2 mm in length, trawled at 75 fathoms off Punta Engano, Mactan Island, in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. princeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex princeps (Melvill, 1912) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 45 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines
References
- Babelomurex princeps (Melvill, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 March 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. page(s): 539.
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