Babelomurex couturieri

Babelomurex couturieri
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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
Latiaxis couturieri Jousseaume, 1898 (basionym) Latiaxis cuspidifera Dunker, R.W. & Zelebor, 1924 Murex cuspidiferus Dall, 1924

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

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam and Japan.

References

• Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 540
• 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.
• Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.