Babelomurex wormaldi

Babelomurex wormaldi
	Babelomurex wormaldi
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
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. 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.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 19 mm and 30 mm

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and New Zealand.

^ ^a ^b 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.

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