Babelomurex couturieri

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

Babelomurex couturieri
Apertural view of Babelomurex couturieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm (0.98 in) and 60 mm (2.4 in).

Distribution

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