Babelomurex glaber explained

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

• Kosuge, S., 1999. Report on the family Coralliophilidae in the collection of the Natal Museum (republic of South Africa) with a description of new species (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology of Tokyo 3(6)("1998"): 83–84
• Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481–585
• Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.