Babelomurex purpuraterminus
| Babelomurex purpuraterminus | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex purpuraterminus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. purpuraterminus |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex purpuraterminus (Kosuge, 1979) | |
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Babelomurex purpuraterminus 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 25 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex purpuraterminus (Kosuge, 1979). 24 April 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Kosuge, S. (1979). Descriptions of two new subgenus and seven new species of the genus Latiaxis (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(1): 3-8, pls 2-3
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.