Babelomurex kinoshitai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description The length of the shell attains 36 mm, its diameter 29 mm.
(Original description) This creamy-white shell is allied to Babelomurex deburghiae and Babelomurex purpuratus but has a longer spire, is thicker and has less numerous spiral cords than either of those species.
Distribution The marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
References
Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.