Babelomurex Explained
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 Sowerby III, 1912
- Babelomurex atlantidis Oliverio & Gofas, 2006
- Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855)
- Babelomurex bernardi (K. Nicolay, 1984)
- Babelomurex blowi (Ladd, 1976)
- Babelomurex capensis (Tomlin, 1928)
- Babelomurex cariniferoides (Shikama, T., 1966)
- Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834)
- Babelomurex centimanus Kosuge, 1985
- Babelomurex cookae Kosuge, 1988
- Babelomurex couturieri (Jousseaume, 1898)
- Babelomurex cristatus (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D'Attilio 1963)
- Babelomurex deburghiae (Reeve, 1857)
- Babelomurex depressispiratus Oliverio, 2008
- Babelomurex deroyorum D'Attilio & Myers, 1984
- Babelomurex diadema (A. Adams, 1854)
- Babelomurex echinatus (Azuma, M., 1970)
- Babelomurex fax (F. M. Bayer, 1971)
- Babelomurex finchii (Fulton, H.C., 1930)
- Babelomurex fruticosus (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex gemmatus (Shikama, 1966)
- Babelomurex glaber Kosuge, 1998
- Babelomurex habui (Azuma, 1971)
- Babelomurex helenae (Azuma, 1973)
- Babelomurex hindsi (Carpenter, 1857)
- Babelomurex hirasei Shikama, 1964
- Babelomurex indicus (Smith, 1899)
- Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, R.W., 1882)
- Babelomurex juliae (Clench & Aguayo, 1939)
- Babelomurex kawamurai (Kira, 1959): forms a complex
- Babelomurex kawanishii (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex kinoshitai (Fulton, 1930)
- Babelomurex kuroharai (Habe, 1970)
- Babelomurex laevicostatus (Kosuge, 1981)
- Babelomurex latipinnatus (Azuma, 1961)
- Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, R.W., 1882)
- Babelomurex longispinosus (Suzuki, 1972)
- Babelomurex macrocephalus Oliverio, 2008
- Babelomurex mansfieldi (McGinty, 1940)
- Babelomurex marumai Habe & Kosuge, 1970
- Babelomurex mediopacificus (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex meimiaoae S.-I Huang & Y.-F. Huang, 2019
- Babelomurex memimarumai Kosuge, 1985
- Babelomurex microspinosus Kosuge, 1988
- Babelomurex miyokoae Kosuge, 1985
- Babelomurex nagahorii (Kosuge, 1980)
- Babelomurex nakamigawai (Kuroda, 1959)
- Babelomurex nakayasui (Shikama, 1970)
- Babelomurex natalabies Oliverio, 2008
- Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001
- Babelomurex oldroydi (I. S. Oldroyd, 1929)
- Babelomurex pacei (Petuch, 1987)
- Babelomurex pallox Oliverio, 2008
- Babelomurex pervernicosus (Suzuki, 1972)
- Babelomurex princeps (Melvill, 1912)
- Babelomurex problematicus (Kosuge, 1980)
- Babelomurex purpuraterminus (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex purpuratus (Chenu, 1859)
- Babelomurex purus (Kosuge, 1985)
- Babelomurex ricinuloides (Schepman, 1911)
- Babelomurex scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Babelomurex sentix (Bayer, 1971)
- Babelomurex shingomarumai (Kosuge, 1981)
- Babelomurex spinaerosae (Shikama, 1970)
- Babelomurex spinosus Hirase, 1908
- Babelomurex squalidus Kosuge, 1985
- Babelomurex stenospinus (Kuroda, 1961)
- Babelomurex takahashii (Kosuge, 1979)
- Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856)
- Babelomurex tosanus (Hirase, 1908)
- Babelomurex tuberosus (Kosuge, 1980)
- Babelomurex tumidus (Kosuge, 1980)
- Babelomurex virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004
- 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): synonym of Coralliophila fearnleyi (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965)
- Babelomurex fusiformis (Martens, 1902): synonym of Mipus fusiformis (Martens, 1902)
- Babelomurex gili Kosuge, 1990: synonym of Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856)
- Babelomurex multispinosus Shikama, 1966: synonym of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908)
- Babelomurex multispinosa Shikama 1966: synonym of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908)
References
- Coen G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 61: 68–71, 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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