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Babelomurex

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Description

Babelomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babelomurex, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2302913	https://www.gbif.org/species/2302913
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59282	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59282

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Babelomurex

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Babelomurex	Coen 1922

Scientific Name

Babelomurex Coen, 1922

Name Published In

Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., 61

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Babelomurex	genus	belongs to Coralliophilidae	stated without evidence	Petuch, 1988
Babelomurex	genus	belongs to Coralliophilinae	implied	Wilson, 1994
Babelomurex	genus	belongs to Muricidae	stated with evidence	Landau et al., 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (75%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Muricidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Muricidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Wilson. 1994. Australian Marine Shells 2

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babelomurex

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Babelomurex (Babelomurex) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Babelomurex armatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex atlantidis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex benoiti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex bernardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex blowi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex capensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex cariniferoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex cariniferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex centimanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex cookae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex couturieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex cristatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex dalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex deburghiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex depressispiratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex deroyorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex diadema species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex echinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex fax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex finchii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex fruticosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex gabriellii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex gemmatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex glaber species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex habui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex helenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex hindsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex hirasei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex indicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex japonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex juliae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex kawamurai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex kawanishii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex kinoshitai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex kuroharai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex laevicostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex latipinnatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex lindae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Babelomurex lischeanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex lischkeanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex longispinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex macrocephalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex mansfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex marumai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex mediopacificus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex meimiaoae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex memimarumai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex microspinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex miyokoae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex nagahorii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex nakamigawai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex nakayasui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex natalabies species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex neocaledonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex oldroydi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex pallox species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex pervernicosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex princeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex problematicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex purpuraterminus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex purpuratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex purus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex ricinuloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex santacruzensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex sentix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex shingomarumai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex spinaerosae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex spinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex squalidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex stenospinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex takahashii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex tectumsinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex tosanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex tuberosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex tumidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex virginiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex wormaldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex yamatoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Babelomurex yumimarumai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Echinolatiaxis Kosuge, 1979	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Echinolatiaxis*
Tarantellaxis Habe, 1970	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Tarantellaxis*
Lamellatiaxis Habe & Kosuge, 1970	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Lamellatiaxis*
Langfordia Dall, 1924	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Langfordia*
Laevilatiaxis Kosuge, 1979	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Laevilatiaxis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1922	Babelomurex Coen
1988	Babelomurex Petuch p. 56
1994	Babelomurex Wilson p. 15
2007	Babelomurex Landau et al. p. 62

References

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Petuch E. J. (1988) , Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks, 1-217

Landau B., Houart R., et al (2007) The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 7: Muricidae, Palaeontos 11, 1-87

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., 61 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

(as Coralliophilidae) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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