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<i>Babelomurex wormaldi</i>

Babelomurex wormaldi

Species of gastropod

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

Babelomurex wormaldi, apertural view

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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. [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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