Babelomurex atlantidis

Babelomurex atlantidis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Babelomurex atlantidis
Shell of Babelomurex atlantidis (holotype at the MNHN, Paris)
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. atlantidis
Binomial name
Babelomurex atlantidis
Oliverio & Gofas, 2006[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.

References
  1. Oliverio, M.; Gofas, S. (2006). "Coralliophiline diversity at mid-Atlantic seamounts (Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Coralliophilinae)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 79 (1): 205–230.
  2. Babelomurex atlantidis Oliverio & Gofas, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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