Babelomurex deroyorum

Babelomurex deroyorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. deroyorum
Binomial name
Babelomurex deroyorum

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

Description

The holotype shell measures 28.8 mm in length and 29.3 mm in diameter.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador at depths between 75 m and 100 m.

References

  1. ↑ Babelomurex deroyorum D'Attilio & B. W. Myers, 1984. 27 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ D'Attilio, A. & Myers, B.W. (1984). "Descriptions of five new muricacean gastropods and comments on two additional species in the families Muricidae and Coralliophilidae (Mollusca)". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 20 (5): 84. Retrieved 27 May 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)