Babelomurex, Coen, 1922

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 519-520

Genus BABELOMUREX Coen, 1922

Babelomurex Coen, 1922: 68 . Type species (by original designation): Fusus babelis Requien, 1848 ; Recent, northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Synonyms:

Langfordia Dall, 1924: 89 . Type species (by original designation): Murex cuspidifera Dall, 1924 .

Tolema Iredale, 1929: 186 . Type species (ICZN 1970): “ Tolema australis Laseron, 1955 ” (incorrect name used = Rapana lischkeanas Dunker, 1882 ).

REMARKS. — Tolema was introduced by Iredale (1929: 186) for “ Purpura sertata Hedley, 1903 ”, although Iredale intended to designate the species correctly known as Rapana lischkeana Dunker, 1882 (erroneously interpreted by Hedley (1918) as a senior synonym of his P. sertata ; see also Marshall & Oliverio 2008.). 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.