Murex carbonnieri

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:Neogastropoda

Murex carbonnieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Murex
Species:	M. carbonnieri
Binomial name
Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881)
Synonyms
Acupurpura carbonnieri Jousseaume, 1881 (original combination) Murex (Murex) carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881)· accepted, alternate representation Murex maculatus A. H. Verrill, 1950 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex maculatus Reeve, 1845)

Murex carbonnieri, also known as Carbonnier's murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.^[1]