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

Babelomurex tectumsinense (Deshayes, 1856)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Babelomurex*	Coen, 1922	accepted genus name
*Pseudomurex (Babelomurex)*	Coen, 1922	synonym

Species group names

*Babelomurex gilli*	Kosuge, 1990	synonym
*Coralliophila priolana*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Cossignani T. (2010) Validazione di Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 66: 19.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Babelomurex tectumsinense (Deshayes, 1856). 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:410872

Image

Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status CR 1998 This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources