Babelomurex virginiae

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Babelomurex virginiae
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Shell of Babelomurex virginiae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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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]

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Description

Distribution

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

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References

  1. Kosuge, S.; Oliverio, M. (2004). "Three new coralliophiline species from south west Pacific (Neogastropoda: Muricidae: Coralliophilinae)". Journal of Conchology. The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 38 (2): 147–153.
  2. Babelomurex virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.