Babelomurex benoiti | |
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Shell of Babelomurex benoiti (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Babelomurex |
Species: | B. benoiti |
Binomial name | |
Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855) | |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Babelomurex benoiti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] [3]
Its shell is white-yellowish with many small ridges. The shell is normally 20mm – 45mm in length, the mean being around 38mm. [3] [4]
The species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Sardinia, Greece and Turkey. [1] [2] [3]
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