Babelomurex echinatus
| Babelomurex echinatus | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex echinatus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. echinatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex echinatus (Azuma, M., 1970) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Latiaxis echinatus M. Azuma, 1960 superseded combination | |
Babelomurex echinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Shell size 26-35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan; dredged at 100 meters depth; also off Taiwan and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex echinatus (Azuma, M., 1970). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Azuma, M. (1960). A catalogue of the shell-bearing Mollusca of Okinoshima, Kashiwajima and the adjacent area (Tosa Province). Shikoku, Japan. Published by the author, Tokyo, ii + 102 + 17 pp., 5 pls.
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.