Babelomurex hindsi

Babelomurex hindsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. hindsi
Binomial name
Babelomurex hindsi
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis hindsi (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Trophon hindsi P. P. Carpenter, 1857 superseded combination

Babelomurex hindsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador.

References

  • Kosuge S. & Suzuki M. (1985). Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups, Family Coralliophilidae. Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication. 1: v + 83 pp., 50 pls.
  • Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
  • Carpenter, P.P. (1857). "Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America". Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 1856.
  • Gbif.org: images