Babelomurex Coen, 1922

Oliverio, Marco, 2009, Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific), Zoosystema 31 (4), pp. 759-789 : 774

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2009n4a2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4559739
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA514C-6B35-FFA5-F167-658EFC61FB15
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scientific name	Babelomurex Coen, 1922
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Treatment

Genus Babelomurex Coen, 1922 View in CoL

Babelomurex Coen, 1922: 68 View in CoL .

Langfordia Dall, 1924: 89 (type species by original designation: Murex cuspidifera Dall, 1924 View in CoL ).

Tolema Iredale, 1929: 186 View in CoL (type species [ ICZN 1970]: “ Tolema australis Laseron, 1955 View in CoL ”) (incorrect name used = Rapana lischkeanus Dunker, 1882 ).

TYPE SPECIES. — Fusus babelis Requien, 1848 (by original designation); Recent, north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

REMARKS

The species of Babelomurex have been classified in the past into several subgenera, based on shell features (e.g., Kosuge & Suzuki 1985; Higo et al. 1999, 2000). I have preferred a more conservative position, pending the establishment of a reliable phylogenetic scheme for these putative taxa. Preliminary DNA data ( Oliverio et al. 2009) indicate that also this genus, as traditionally conceived, is polyphyletic, and probably also its synonymy list is destined to change.