Murex acanthostephes

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Murex acanthostephes IMG 5386 Beijing Museum of Natural History - NHM of Guangxi - Gulf of Tonkin collection.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Murex acanthostephes (specimen at Beijing Museum of Natural History)

| taxon = Murex acanthostephes

| authority = Watson, 1883

|synonyms= Murex (Murex) acanthostephes R. B. Watson, 1883· accepted, alternate representation

}}

Murex acanthostephes is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278