Babelomurex benoiti

Babelomurex benoiti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

Its shell is white-yellowish with many small ridges. The shell is normally 20mm – 45mm in length, the mean being around 38mm.

Distribution

The species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Sardinia, Greece and Turkey.