Babelomurex
Genus of gastropods
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Babelomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
| Babelomurex | |
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| 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  | |
| 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] | |
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Species
Species within the genus Babelomurex include:[2]
- Babelomurex armatus Sowerby III, 1912[3]
- Babelomurex atlantidis Oliverio & Gofas, 2006[4]
- Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855)[5]
- Babelomurex bernardi (K. Nicolay, 1984)
- Babelomurex blowi (Ladd, 1976)
- Babelomurex capensis (Tomlin, 1928)
- Babelomurex cariniferoides (Shikama, T., 1966)[6]
- Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834)[7]
- Babelomurex centimanus Kosuge, 1985[8]
- Babelomurex cookae Kosuge, 1988
- Babelomurex couturieri (Jousseaume, 1898)[9]
- Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979)[10]
- Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D'Attilio 1963)[11]
- Babelomurex deburghiae (Reeve, 1857)[12]
- Babelomurex depressispiratus Oliverio, 2008[13]
- Babelomurex deroyorum D'Attilio & Myers, 1984
- Babelomurex diadema (A. Adams, 1854)[14]
- Babelomurex echinatus (Azuma, M., 1970)[15]
- Babelomurex fax (F. M. Bayer, 1971)[16]
- Babelomurex finchii (Fulton, H.C., 1930)[17]
- Babelomurex fruticosus (Kosuge, 1979)[18]
- Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966)
- Babelomurex glaber Kosuge, 1998[19]
- Babelomurex habui (Azuma, 1971)
- Babelomurex helenae (Azuma, 1973)
- Babelomurex hindsi (Carpenter, 1857)
- Babelomurex hirasei Shikama, 1964[20]
- Babelomurex indicus (Smith, 1899)[21]
- Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, R.W., 1882)[22]
- Babelomurex juliae (Clench & Aguayo, 1939)
- Babelomurex kawamurai (Kira, 1959):[23] forms a complex
- Babelomurex kawanishii (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex kinoshitai (Fulton, 1930)[24]
- Babelomurex kuroharai (Habe, 1970)
- Babelomurex laevicostatus (Kosuge, 1981)
- Babelomurex latipinnatus (Azuma, 1961)
- Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, R.W., 1882)[25]
- Babelomurex longispinosus (Suzuki, 1972)[26]
- Babelomurex macrocephalus Oliverio, 2008[27]
- Babelomurex mansfieldi (McGinty, 1940)[28]
- Babelomurex marumai Habe & Kosuge, 1970[29]
- Babelomurex mediopacificus (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex meimiaoae S.-I Huang & Y.-F. Huang, 2019
- Babelomurex memimarumai Kosuge, 1985
- Babelomurex microspinosus Kosuge, 1988[30]
- Babelomurex miyokoae Kosuge, 1985
- Babelomurex nagahorii (Kosuge, 1980)
- Babelomurex nakamigawai (Kuroda, 1959)[31]
- Babelomurex nakayasui (Shikama, 1970)[32]
- Babelomurex natalabies Oliverio, 2008[33]
- Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001[34]
- Babelomurex oldroydi (I. S. Oldroyd, 1929)
- Babelomurex pacei (Petuch, 1987)
- Babelomurex pallox Oliverio, 2008[35]
- Babelomurex pervernicosus (Suzuki, 1972)
- Babelomurex princeps (Melvill, 1912)[36]
- Babelomurex problematicus (Kosuge, 1980)[37]
- Babelomurex purpuraterminus (Kosuge, 1979)[38]
- Babelomurex purpuratus (Chenu, 1859)[39]
- Babelomurex purus (Kosuge, 1985)[40]
- Babelomurex ricinuloides (Schepman, 1911)[41]
- Babelomurex scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Babelomurex sentix (Bayer, 1971)[42]
- Babelomurex shingomarumai (Kosuge, 1981)[43]
- Babelomurex spinaerosae (Shikama, 1970)
- Babelomurex spinosus Hirase, 1908[44]
- Babelomurex squalidus Kosuge, 1985[45]
- Babelomurex stenospinus (Kuroda, 1961)[46]
- Babelomurex takahashii (Kosuge, 1979)[47]
- Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856)[48]
- Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908)[49]
- Babelomurex tuberosus (Kosuge, 1980)[50]
- Babelomurex tumidus (Kosuge, 1980)
- Babelomurex virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004[51]
- Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)
- Babelomurex yamatoensis Kosuge, 1986
- Babelomurex yumimarumai Kosuge, 1985
- Species brought into synonymy
- Babelomurex asper (A. Adams, 1855): synonym of Coralliophila aspera (A. Adams, 1855)
- Babelomurex fearnleyi (Emerson, W.K. & A. d' Attilio, 1965):[53] synonym of Coralliophila fearnleyi (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965)
- Babelomurex fusiformis (Martens, 1902): synonym of Mipus fusiformis (Martens, 1902)
- Babelomurex gili Kosuge, 1990:[54] synonym of Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856)
- Babelomurex multispinosus Shikama, 1966: synonym of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908)
- Babelomurex multispinosa Shikama 1966:[55] synonym of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908)
