Babelomurex wormaldi

Babelomurex wormaldi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails.[1]

Babelomurex wormaldi, apertural view

Babelomurex wormaldi
Babelomurex wormaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Babelomurex
Species:
B. wormaldi
Binomial name
Babelomurex wormaldi
(Powell, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis fenestratus Kosuge, 1980
  • Latiaxis wormaldi Powell, 1971 (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 19 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and New Zealand.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550021 on 2011-03-08
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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: 481-585 page(s): 544
  • "Babelomurex (Echinolatiaxis) wormaldi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.


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