Babelomurex stenospinus

Babelomurex stenospinus
Shell of Babelomurex stenospinus (specimen at Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. stenospinus
Binomial name
Babelomurex stenospinus
(Kuroda, 1961)
Synonyms

Latiaxis stenospinus Kuroda, 1961

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  • Kuroda, T. (1961). A new identification of molluscan species described and figured in “Mokuhachi-Fu. Venus. 21: 365-388.