Babelomurex couturieri

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Babelomurex couturieri
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Apertural view of Babelomurex couturieri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. couturieri
Binomial name
Babelomurex couturieri
(Jousseaume, 1898)
Synonyms

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

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Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam, New Britain (in the Bismarck Archipelago) and Japan.

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References

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