Babelomurex fax
| Babelomurex fax | |
|---|---|
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| Shell of Babelomurex fax (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. fax |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex fax (F. M. Bayer, 1971) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coralliophila fax F. M. Bayer, 1971 (original combination) | |
Babelomurex fax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
Found in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida and Guadeloupe.[1]
References
- 1 2 Babelomurex fax (F. M. Bayer, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Garrigues, B., Lamy, D. & Zuccon, D. (2022). The Coralliophilinae from the Antilles and French Guiana with the description of six new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 37: 4-53.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
- Bayer, F.M. (1971). "New and unusual Mollusks collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury and R/V Gerda in the tropical Western Atlantic". Bulletin of Marine Science. 21 (1): 191.