Babelomurex cristatus
| Babelomurex cristatus | |
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| A shell of Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979), 12.4 mm in length, taken in tangle nets at 80 fathoms off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. cristatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979) | |
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Babelomurex cristatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Kosuge, S. (1979). Descriptions of two new subgenus and seven new species of the genus Latiaxis (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(1): 3-8, pls 2-3.