Babelomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Babelomurex include:
- Babelomurex armatus <small>Sowerby III, 1912</small>
- Babelomurex atlantidis <small>Oliverio & Gofas, 2006</small>
- Babelomurex benoiti <small>(Tiberi, 1855)</small>
- Babelomurex bernardi <small>(K. Nicolay, 1984)</small>
- Babelomurex blowi <small>(Ladd, 1976)</small>
- Babelomurex capensis <small>(Tomlin, 1928)</small>
- Babelomurex cariniferoides <small>(Shikama, T., 1966)</small>
- Babelomurex cariniferus <small>(Sowerby, 1834)</small>
- Babelomurex centimanus <small>Kosuge, 1985</small>
- Babelomurex cookae <small>Kosuge, 1988</small>
- Babelomurex couturieri <small>(Jousseaume, 1898)</small>
- Babelomurex cristatus <small>(Kosuge, 1979)</small>
- Babelomurex dalli <small>(Emerson & D'Attilio 1963)</small>
- Babelomurex deburghiae <small>(Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Babelomurex depressispiratus <small>Oliverio, 2008</small>
- Babelomurex deroyorum <small>D'Attilio & Myers, 1984</small>
- Babelomurex diadema <small>(A. Adams, 1854)</small>
- Babelomurex echinatus <small>(Azuma, M., 1970)</small>
- Babelomurex fax <small>(F. M. Bayer, 1971)</small>
- Babelomurex finchii <small>(Fulton, H.C., 1930)</small>
- Babelomurex fruticosus <small>(Kosuge, 1979)</small>
- Babelomurex gemmatus <small>(Shikama, 1966)</small>
- Babelomurex glaber <small>Kosuge, 1998</small>
- Babelomurex habui <small>(Azuma, 1971)</small>
- Babelomurex helenae <small>(Azuma, 1973)</small>
- Babelomurex hindsi <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
- Babelomurex hirasei <small>Shikama, 1964</small>
- Babelomurex indicus <small>(Smith, 1899)</small>
- Babelomurex japonicus <small>(Dunker, R.W., 1882)</small>
- Babelomurex juliae <small>(Clench & Aguayo, 1939)</small>
- Babelomurex kawamurai <small>(Kira, 1959)</small>: forms a complex
- Babelomurex kawanishii <small>(Kosuge, 1979)</small>
- Babelomurex kinoshitai <small>(Fulton, 1930)</small>
- Babelomurex kuroharai <small>(Habe, 1970)</small>
- Babelomurex laevicostatus <small>(Kosuge, 1981)</small>
- Babelomurex latipinnatus <small>(Azuma, 1961)</small>
- Babelomurex lischkeanus <small>(Dunker, R.W., 1882)</small>
- Babelomurex longispinosus <small>(Suzuki, 1972)</small>
- Babelomurex macrocephalus <small>Oliverio, 2008</small>
- Babelomurex mansfieldi <small>(McGinty, 1940)</small>
- Babelomurex marumai <small>Habe & Kosuge, 1970</small>
- Babelomurex mediopacificus <small>(Kosuge, 1979)</small>
- Babelomurex meimiaoae <small>S.-I Huang & Y.-F. Huang, 2019</small>
- Babelomurex memimarumai <small>Kosuge, 1985</small>
- Babelomurex microspinosus <small>Kosuge, 1988</small>
- Babelomurex miyokoae <small>Kosuge, 1985</small>
- Babelomurex nagahorii <small>(Kosuge, 1980)</small>
- Babelomurex nakamigawai <small>(Kuroda, 1959)</small>
- Babelomurex nakayasui <small>(Shikama, 1970)</small>
- Babelomurex natalabies <small>Oliverio, 2008</small>
- Babelomurex neocaledonicus <small>Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001</small>
- Babelomurex oldroydi <small>(I. S. Oldroyd, 1929)</small>
- Babelomurex pacei <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small>
- Babelomurex pallox <small>Oliverio, 2008</small>
- Babelomurex pervernicosus <small>(Suzuki, 1972)</small>
- Babelomurex princeps <small>(Melvill, 1912)</small>
- Babelomurex problematicus <small>(Kosuge, 1980)</small>
- Babelomurex purpuraterminus <small>(Kosuge, 1979)</small>
- Babelomurex purpuratus <small>(Chenu, 1859)</small>
- Babelomurex purus <small>(Kosuge, 1985)</small>
- Babelomurex ricinuloides <small>(Schepman, 1911)</small>
- Babelomurex scalariformis <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Babelomurex sentix <small>(Bayer, 1971)</small>
- Babelomurex shingomarumai <small>(Kosuge, 1981)</small>
- Babelomurex spinaerosae <small>(Shikama, 1970)</small>
- Babelomurex spinosus <small>Hirase, 1908</small>
- Babelomurex squalidus <small>Kosuge, 1985</small>
- Babelomurex stenospinus <small>(Kuroda, 1961)</small>
- Babelomurex takahashii <small>(Kosuge, 1979)</small>
- Babelomurex tectumsinensis <small>(Deshayes, 1856)</small>
- Babelomurex tosanus <small>(Hirase, 1908)</small>
- Babelomurex tuberosus <small>(Kosuge, 1980)</small>
- Babelomurex tumidus <small>(Kosuge, 1980)</small>
- Babelomurex virginiae <small>Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004</small>
- Babelomurex wormaldi <small>(Powell, 1971)</small>
- Babelomurex yamatoensis <small>Kosuge, 1986</small>
- Babelomurex yumimarumai <small>Kosuge, 1985</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Babelomurex asper <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>: synonym of Coralliophila aspera <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
- Babelomurex fearnleyi <small>(Emerson, W.K. & A. d' Attilio, 1965)</small>: synonym of Coralliophila fearnleyi <small>(Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965)</small>
- Babelomurex fusiformis <small>(Martens, 1902)</small>: synonym of Mipus fusiformis <small>(Martens, 1902)</small>
- Babelomurex gili <small>Kosuge, 1990</small>: synonym of Babelomurex tectumsinensis <small>(Deshayes, 1856)</small>
- Babelomurex multispinosus <small>Shikama, 1966</small>: synonym of Babelomurex spinosus <small>(Hirase, 1908)</small>
- Babelomurex multispinosa <small>Shikama 1966</small>: synonym of Babelomurex spinosus <small>(Hirase, 1908)</small>
References
- Coen G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della SocietàItaliana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 61: 68âÂÂ71, pl. 2.
- Kosuge S. (1979) Descriptions of two new subgenus and seven new species of the genus Latiaxis (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(1): 3-8, pls 2-3. [30 May 1979] page(s): 3
- Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 519
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