Babelomurex

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)