Babelomurex tosanus
Babelomurex tosanus is a species of sea snail, which is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex or rock snails.[1]
| Babelomurex tosanus | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908), measuring 36.8 mm in length, dredged at 50 fathoms off Tosa Bay, Shikoku, in Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. tosanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908) | |
Description
Its color is white or pale brown. It has spines in two configurations. In the first type, each spine on the shoulder is wide and expands vertically. In the other, each spine on the shoulder is thin, long and expands diagonally. It resembles Babelomurex nakayasui, but its body whorl is weak and each spine on the body whorl expands in an irregular direction.[2]
References
- Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- "Babelomurex tosanus". Homepage1.nifty.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- Severns 2011.
- Kilburn, Marais & Marais 2010.
- Oliverio 2008.
Further reading
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Héros, V.; Cowie &, R.H.; Bouchet, P. (eds.). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. p. 537. ISBN 9782856536148.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Severns, Mike (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands: The sea shells : the verifiable species and their described variants. ... ConchBooks. ISBN 978-3-939767-33-6.
- Kilburn, R.N.; Marais, J.P.; Marais, A.P. (2010). Marais, Alwyn P. (ed.). Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292. ISBN 978-0-620-48114-4.
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