Babelomurex couturieri

Babelomurex couturieri
Apertural view of Babelomurex couturieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species: B. couturieri
Binomial name
Babelomurex couturieri
(Jousseaume, 1898)
Synonyms

Babelomurex couturieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam and Japan.

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