Babelomurex tectumsinensis, common name : the lamellose coral shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. tectumsinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Panama, Colombia and Venezuela and in the Mediterranean Sea
References
edit- ^ a b Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 March 2011.
- Cossignani T. (2010) Validazione di Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 66: 19
External links
edit- "Babelomurex tectumsinense". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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