Babelomurex tectumsinensis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Babelomurex tectumsinensis

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Muricidae
Genus:  | Babelomurex
Species:  |

B. tectumsinensis

Binomial name
Babelomurex tectumsinensis

(Deshayes, 1856)

Synonyms[1]

* Babelomurex gili Kosuge, 1990
* Coralliophila priolana Settepassi, 1971
* Coralliophila (Coralliophila) alucoides Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1829
* Coralliophila (Coralliophila) meyendorffi lamellosa (f) Philippi, R.A., 1836
* Coralliophila (Pseudomurex) squamosa Broderip, W.J. in Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1833
* Hirtomurex longicauda Settepassi, F., 1977
* Murex tectumsinense (Deshayes, 1856) (basionym)

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]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm

## Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Panama, Colombia and Venezuela and in the Mediterranean Sea

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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

* "Babelomurex tectumsinense" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_10451.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q4837764 entry

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