Babelomurex princeps

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Babelomurex princeps
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Shell of Babelomurex princeps (Melville, 1912), measuring 21.2 mm in length, trawled at 75 fathoms off Punta Engano, Mactan Island, in the Philippines
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. princeps
Binomial name
Babelomurex princeps
(Melvill, 1912)
Synonyms [1]
  • Latiaxis castaneocinctusKosuge, 1980
  • Latiaxis princepsMelvill, 1912 (basionym)

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines

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