Babelomurex takahashii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Babelomurex takahashii | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex takahashii (Kosuge, 1979), measuring 23.7 mm in length, taken by tangle nets at 80 fathoms off Balicasag Island, Bohol, in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. takahashii |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex takahashii (Kosuge, 1979) | |
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and French Polynesia.
References
edit- ↑ Babelomurex takahashii (Kosuge, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Kosuge, S. (1979). Descriptions of two new subgenus and seven new species of the genus Latiaxis (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(1): 3-8, pls 2-3. [30 May 1979].
External links
edit- Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
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