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Babelomurex wormaldi
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Babelomurex wormaldi
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Babelomurex
Species:
B. wormaldi
Binomial name
Babelomurex wormaldi
(Powell, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Latiaxis fenestratus Kosuge, 1980
  • Latiaxis wormaldi Powell, 1971 (basionym)

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

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Babelomurex wormaldi, apertural view

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.

See also

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