''Babelomurex cookae'' is a

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of sea snail, a

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gastropod

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, in the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Ne ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Babelomurex cookae'' Kosuge, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577430 on 2019-01-06Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

References

cookae Gastropods described in 1988 {{Coralliophilinae-stub