Babelomurex wormaldi

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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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Babelomurex wormaldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. wormaldi
Binomial name
Babelomurex wormaldi
(Powell, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis fenestratus Kosuge, 1980
  • Latiaxis wormaldi Powell, 1971 (basionym)
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Description

The average shell size is 16.7 mm.[2]

Distribution

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

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