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Babelomurex virginiae

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Babelomurex virginiae
Shell of Babelomurex virginiae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. virginiae
Binomial name
Babelomurex virginiae
Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004[1]

Babelomurex virginiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

Distribution

The holotype of this marine species was found off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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