Babelomurex dalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
| Babelomurex dalli | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex dalli (Specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. dalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex dalli | |
| Synonyms | |
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Western Atlantic, from Southern Florida to the Bahamas Islands and Guadeloupe; Central North Atlantic, Great Meteor Seamount, rare in 300-335 m. .[2]
References
edit- ↑ Emerson W.K. & D'Attilio A. (1963). "A new species of Latiaxis from the Western Atlantic". American Museum Novitates 2149: 1–9. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- 1 2 Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D'Attilio 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Garrigues, B., Lamy, D. & Zuccon, D. (2022). The Coralliophilinae from the Antilles and French Guiana with the description of six new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 37: 4-53.
- Oliverio M. & Gofas S. (2006). Coralliophiline diversity at mid-Atlantic seamounts (Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Coralliophilinae). Bulletin of Marine Science 79(1): 205-230
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2017). Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l'expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy. 15: 29-38.