Babelomurex hirasei

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

Babelomurex hirasei
Apertural view of a shell of Babelomurex hirasei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. hirasei
Binomial name
Babelomurex hirasei Shikama, 1964
Synonyms
Babelomurex (Babelomurex) hirasei (Shikama, T., 1964)

Description

The height of the shell varies between 18 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.