Babelomurex benoiti

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Babelomurex benoiti
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Shell of Babelomurex benoiti (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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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]
  • Latiaxis amaliae(Kobelt, 1907)
  • Latiaxis benoiti(Tiberi, 1855)
  • Murex benoitiTiberi, 1855
  • Pseudomurex amaliaeKobelt, 1907

Babelomurex benoiti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] [3]

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Description

Its shell is white-yellowish with many small ridges. The shell is normally 20mm – 45mm in length, the mean being around 38mm. [3] [4]

Distribution

The species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Sardinia, Greece and Turkey. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2010). Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234156
  3. 1 2 3 "Babelomurex benoiti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. Babelomurex benoiti Image at NMR Pics