Babelomurex helenae
| Babelomurex helenae | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex helenae (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. helenae |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex helenae (Azuma, 1973) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Babelomurex helenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
Description
The length of the shell of the holotype attains 65 mm, its diameter 42 mm.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the South Mozambique Channel and off South Africa.
References
- 1 2 Babelomurex helenae (Azuma, 1973). 29 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Azuma, M. (1973). "Description of a new species of the genus Latiaxis Swainson, 1840 from the South Mozambique Channel, Indian Ocean (Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae)". The Veliger. 15 (3): 231. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 187-220.
- Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp