Babelomurex lischkeanus
| Babelomurex lischkeanus | |
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| A shell of Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882) and operculum, measuring 38.5 mm in length, trawled at 40 fathoms off Tosa Bay, Shikoku, in Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. lischkeanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882) | |
| Synonyms | |
Babelomurex lischkeanus, otherwise known as the Australian coral shell is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Description
The sea snail is most commonly seen with a pure white shell, that is somewhat jagged. The shell is approximately 50 mm (2 in) in length at adult size.[3]
(Original description in Latin) The shell is more or less fusiform, milk-white, and translucent. It consists of seven or eight stepped whorls that are separated by a deeply cut suture, and it is equipped with large, compressed, erect, and sharp scales, as well as densely overlapping transverse ridges. The columella is slightly sinuous, the aperture is ovate, and the rostrum is relatively long and nearly straight. The siphonal canal is open, and the umbilicus is bordered on the outside by larger scales. The outer lip is scarcely grooved on the inside, being completely smooth in younger specimens.
This highly elegant species is variable in its general form, and it is particularly remarkable for the formation of its scales. The scales on the upper part of the whorls are large, erect, compressed, and smooth, and these spine-like structures render the spire distinctly stepped. Furthermore, the entire shell is surrounded by transverse ridges, which are covered with dense, erect, tiny scales. The operculum is brown and horny, and it corresponds to the opercula typical of the genus Purpura.[4]
Distribution
The seas snail is found along the Eastern coast of Australia, from Tasmania to the Southern parts of Queensland.[5]
References
- ↑ Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ↑ "Species Babelomurex (Babelomurex) lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882)". www.environment.gov.au. Australian Government: Department of the Environment. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ↑ "Molluscs of Tasmania". Molluscs of Tasmania. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ Dunker, W. (1882). Index molluscorum maris japonici, conscriptus et tabulis iconum xvi illustratus. Novitates Conchologicae. Abbildung und Beschreibung Neuer Conchylien Supplement VII. Cassel: T. Fischer. p. 43. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ "Babelomures Lischkeanus". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585, at page 537.
- 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.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
External links
- Powell, A.W.B. (1947). "On Tolema peregrina n. sp. and the East Australian warm water current". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 171.
- Laseron, C.F. (1955). "The genus Tolema and its allies (Class Mollusca)". Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. 74: 70–74.
- Marshall, B. A. & Oliverio, M (2009). "The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae)". Molluscan Research. 29 (3).
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