Babelomurex takahashii

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

Babelomurex takahashii
Shell of Babelomurex takahashii (Kosuge, 1979), measuring 23.7 mm in length, taken by tangle nets at 80 fathoms off Balicasag Island, Bohol, in the Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. takahashii
Binomial name
Babelomurex takahashii
(Kosuge, 1979)

Description

References

  • Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.


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