Murex altispira

Murex altispira, also known as the Caltrop murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.^[1]

Murex altispira
Murex altispira
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Murex
Species:	M. altispira
Binomial name
Murex altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Synonyms
Murex (Murex) altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation