Babelomurex gemmatus

Species of gastropod

Babelomurex gemmatus

A shell of Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966), 33.6 mm in length, taken at 180 to 200 m in tangle nets off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Muricidae
Genus:  | Babelomurex
Species:  |

B. gemmatus

Binomial name
Babelomurex gemmatus

(Shikama, 1966)

Synonyms

Latiaxis gemmatus Shikama, 1966 (basionym)

Babelomurex gemmatus shells

Babelomurex gemmatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2011.

## External links[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: 481–585.
* Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q4837730
* EoL: 4824697
* GBIF: 5857264
* IRMNG: 11841155
* NCBI: 644089
* WoRMS: 576741

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