| Babelomurex kinoshitai | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex kinoshitai (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. kinoshitai |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex kinoshitai (Fulton, 1930) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Latiaxis kinoshitai Fulton, 1930 · (original combination) | |
Babelomurex kinoshitai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 36 mm, its diameter 29 mm.
(Original description) This creamy-white shell is allied to Babelomurex deburghiae and Babelomurex purpuratus but has a longer spire, is thicker and has less numerous spiral cords than either of those species. [2]
Distribution
The marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
References
- Babelomurex kinoshitai (Fulton, 1930). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Fulton, H.C. (1939). "On new species of Latiaxis, Fasciolaria, Cassis, and Sunetta". Journal of Natural History. 10 (6): 685–686. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.