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Babelomurex pallox

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Babelomurex pallox
Shell of Babelomurex pallox (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. pallox
Binomial name
Babelomurex pallox
Oliverio, 2008[1]

Babelomurex pallox is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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The holotype of this marine species was found off New Caledonia

References

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  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. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris: 481–585.
  2. ^ Babelomurex pallox Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Oliverio, M., 2008. Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196: 481–585

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