Babelomurex cristatus

Babelomurex cristatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Babelomurex cristatus
A shell of Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979), 12.4 mm in length, taken in tangle nets at 80 fathoms off Panglao, Bohol Island, in the Philippines.
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B. cristatus
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Babelomurex cristatus
(Kosuge, 1979)

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