Babelomurex cariniferus

Babelomurex cariniferus
Babelomurex cariniferus
Conservation status
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. cariniferus
Binomial name
Babelomurex cariniferus
(Sowerby, 1834)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coralliophila babelis Requien
  • Fusus babelis Requien, 1848
  • Latiaxis babelis (Requien, 1848) (junior synonym)
  • Latiaxis cariniferus (Sowerby G.B. I, 1834) (currently placed in genus Babelomurex)

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

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Description

Distribution

This species is listed in the IUCN Red List, because it was thought to be endemic endemic to [[List of marine molluscs of Malta|Malta]].[1]

  • Angola[2]
  • Canaries[2]
  • Cape Verde[2]
  • European waters[2]
  • Mediterranean Sea[2]
  • West Africa[2]

From a few meters to more than 1000.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Palazzi, S. (1996). Latiaxis babelis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224954 on 24 April 2010.

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