Babelomurex

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Babelomurex
A shell of Babelomurex deburghiae (Reeve, 1857), 22.6 mm in length, taken in tangle nets at 150 to 200 m, off Panglao Island, Bohol, in the Philippines
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Babelomurex
Coen, 1922[1]
Type species
Fusus babelis
Requien, 1848
Synonyms[2]
  • Babelomurex (Lamellatiaxis) Habe & Kosuge, 1970
  • Echinolatiaxis Kosuge, 1979
  • Laevilatiaxis Kosuge, 1979
  • Lamellatiaxis Habe & Kosuge, 1970
  • Langfordia Dall, 1924
  • Latiaxis (Babelomurex) Coen, 1922
  • Latiaxis (Echinolatiaxis) Kosuge, 1979
  • Latiaxis (Laevilatiaxis) Kosuge, 1979
  • Latiaxis (Lamellatiaxis) Habe & Kosuge, 1970
  • Latiaxis (Tolema) Iredale, 1929
  • Pseudomurex (Babelomurex) Coen, 1922 (original rank)
  • Tarantellaxis Habe, 1970
  • Tolema Iredale, 1929

Babelomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

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