Babelomurex atlantidis
| Babelomurex atlantidis | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex atlantidis (holotype at the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. atlantidis |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex atlantidis | |
Babelomurex atlantidis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: only known with certainty from Great Meteor, Hyères, Irving and Atlantis seamounts, moderately common in 310-640 m; shells also collected on Lion seamount.[2]
References
- ↑ Oliverio, M.; Gofas, S. (2006). "Coralliophiline diversity at mid-Atlantic seamounts (Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Coralliophilinae)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 79 (1): 205–230.
- 1 2 Babelomurex atlantidis Oliverio & Gofas, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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