Babelomurex macrocephalus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Babelomurex macrocephalus | |
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Shell of Babelomurex macrocephalus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Babelomurex |
Species: | B. macrocephalus
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Binomial name | |
Babelomurex macrocephalus Oliverio, 2008[1]
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Description
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Distribution
editThe holotype of this marine species was found off New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Oliverio, M. (2008). "Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 196. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris: 481–585.
- ^ Babelomurex macrocephalus Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- 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