Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Coralliophilinae | |
Scientific name Babelomurex tectumsinensis Similar Babelomurex cariniferus, Babelomurex yumimarumai, Babelomurex japonicus, Babelomurex spinosus, Babelomurex | ||
Babelomurex tectumsinensis, common name : the Lamellose Coral Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Panama, Colombia and Venezuela and in the Mediterranean Sea
References
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