Babelomurex tosanus

Babelomurex tosanus
Shell of Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908), measuring 36.8 mm in length, dregded at 50 fathoms off Tosa Bay, Shikoku, in Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. tosanus
Binomial name
Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908)

Babelomurex tosanus is a species of sea snail, which is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

Its color is white or pale brown. It has spines in two configurations. In the first type, each spine on the shoulder is wide and expands vertically. In the other, each spine on the shoulder is thin, long and expands diagonally. It resembles Babelomurex nakayasui, but its body whorl is weak and each spine on the body whorl expands in an irregular direction.^[2]

Distribution[]

It is found in Hawaii,^[3] South Africa^[4] and the southwest Pacific.^[5]

References[]

Further reading[]

• Oliverio, M. (2008). Héros, V.; Cowie &, R.H.; Bouchet, P. (eds.). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Vol. 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. p. 537. ISBN 9782856536148.
• Severns, Mike (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands: The sea shells : the verifiable species and their described variants. ... ConchBooks. ISBN 978-3-939767-33-6.
• Kilburn, R.N.; Marais, J.P.; Marais, A.P. (2010). Marais, Alwyn P. (ed.). Coralliophilinae. Identification Guide to the Seashells of South Africa. Vol. 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. pp. 272–292. ISBN 978-0-620-48114-4.