Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Coralliophilinae

Babelomurex Coen, 1922

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudomurex (Babelomurex)*	Coen, 1922	synonym

Children

Babelomurex atlantidis Oliverio & Gofas, 2006
Babelomurex basilium (Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978)
Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855)
Babelomurex cariniferus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Babelomurex dalli (W. K. Emerson & D'Attilio, 1963)
Babelomurex sentix (F. M. Bayer, 1971)
Babelomurex tectumsinense (Deshayes, 1856)

Literature

basis of record	Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Babelomurex Coen, 1922. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224949

Image

Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status VU 1998 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources