Babelomurex tectumsinensis

Babelomurex tectumsinensis, common name : the lamellose coral shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Babelomurex tectumsinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. tectumsinensis
Binomial name
Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
Babelomurex gili Kosuge, 1990 Coralliophila priolana Settepassi, 1971 Coralliophila (Coralliophila) alucoides Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1829 Coralliophila (Coralliophila) meyendorffi lamellosa (f) Philippi, R.A., 1836 Coralliophila (Pseudomurex) squamosa Broderip, W.J. in Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1833 Hirtomurex longicauda Settepassi, F., 1977 Murex tectumsinense (Deshayes, 1856) (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Panama, Colombia and Venezuela and in the Mediterranean Sea