Murex acanthostephes
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| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex acanthostephes Watson, 1883 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Murex (Murex) acanthostephes R. B. Watson, 1883· accepted, alternate representation | |
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]
