Babelomurex yumimarumai
| Babelomurex yumimarumai | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex yumimarumai Kosuge, 1985, measuring 18.3 mm in length, taken by tangle nets at 80 fathoms off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. yumimarumai |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex yumimarumai Kosuge, 1985 | |
Babelomurex yumimarumai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines; off Vanuatu and off South Africa.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex yumimarumai Kosuge, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Kosuge, S. (1985). Descriptions of fourteen new species of the family Coralliophilidae from Western Pacific. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 2(2-3): 48-57
- 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.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
- 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.