Babelomurex macrocephalus

Babelomurex macrocephalus
Shell of Babelomurex macrocephalus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. macrocephalus
Binomial name
Babelomurex macrocephalus Oliverio, 2008 [1]

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

Distribution

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

References

1. 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. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris: 481–585.
2. Babelomurex macrocephalus Oliverio, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585