Babelomurex tosanus explained

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

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.^[1]

Distribution

It is found in Hawaii, South Africa and the southwest Pacific.

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Babelomurex tosanus . Homepage1.nifty.com . 2014-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502201050/http://homepage1.nifty.com/seashells/latiaxis/m150/tosanus_e.html . 2 May 2014 . dead .