Babelomurex nagahorii
| Babelomurex nagahorii | |
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| Five views of a shell of Babalomurex nagahorii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. nagahorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex nagahorii Kosuge, 1980 | |
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Babelomurex nagahorii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm.
Distribution
It is found on Balicasag Island in the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex nagahorii Shikama 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 December 2012.
- Kosuge, S. (1980). Descriptions of six new species of the genus Latiaxis from the Philippines Sea. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(3): 41-45, pls 9-10
- 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.
- 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.
- Lussi, M. & Brink, D. (2001). Further notes on the family Coralliophilidae. Strandloper. 265: 1-3.