Babelomurex benoiti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][3]
Description
Its shell is white-yellowish with many small ridges. The shell is normally 20mm – 45mm in length, the mean being around 38mm.[3][4]
Distribution
The species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Sardinia, Greece and Turkey.[1][2][3]
References
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^ a b c Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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^ a b Gofas, S. (2010). Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234156
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^ a b c "Babelomurex benoiti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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^ Babelomurex benoiti Image at NMR Pics
- Tiberi, N., 1855 Descrizione di alcuni nuovi testaceivivrnti nel Mediterraneo, p. 16 pp
