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