# 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)