''Babelomurex hindsi'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk, in the
family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Babelomurex hindsi'' (Carpenter, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709203 on 2019-01-06]
Distribution
West Coast of
Costa Rica
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References
hindsi
Gastropods described in 1857
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