Murex acanthostephes is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
Murex acanthostephes | |
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Shell of Murex acanthostephes (specimen at Beijing Museum of Natural History) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Murex |
Species: | M. acanthostephes
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Binomial name | |
Murex acanthostephes Watson, 1883
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Synonyms | |
Murex (Murex) acanthostephes R. B. Watson, 1883· accepted, alternate representation |