Babelomurex virginiae | |
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Shell of Babelomurex virginiae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Babelomurex |
Species: | B. virginiae |
Binomial name | |
Babelomurex virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004[1] | |
Babelomurex virginiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
Distribution
The holotype of this marine species was found off New Caledonia.
References
- โ Kosuge, S.; Oliverio, M. (2004). "Three new coralliophiline species from south west Pacific (Neogastropoda: Muricidae: Coralliophilinae)". Journal of Conchology. The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 38 (2): 147โ153.
- โ Babelomurex virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Kosuge, S. & Oliverio, M., 2004. Three new coralliophiline species from south-west Pacific (Neogastropoda: Muricidae: Coralliophilinae). Journal of Conchology 38(2): 147-153
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