Babelomurex jeanneae

Babelomurex jeanneae
	Shell of Babelomurex jeanneae (holotype at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Babelomurex
Species:	B. jeanneae
Binomial name
	Babelomurex jeanneae; D'Attilio & B. W. Myers, 1984
Synonyms
	Babelomurex multispinosus (Shikama, 1966); Babelomurex pagodus (A. Adams, 1853) sensu Hirase, 1934 misapplication; Babelomurex spinosus (Y. Hirase, 1908); Coralliophila spinosa Dall, 1925 (invalid: synonym and secondary junior homonym of Latiaxis spinosus Hirase, 1908); Latiaxis (Babelomurex) pagodus (A. Adams, 1853) sensu S. Hirase, 1934 misapplication; Latiaxis (Babelomurex) pagodus f. multispinosus Shikama, 1966 (unavailable name: established at the rank of "forma"); Latiaxis (Tolema) pagodus (A. Adams, 1853) sensu Hirase, 1934 misapplication; Latiaxis jeanneae (D'Attilio & B. W. Myers, 1984); Latiaxis spinosus Y. Hirase, 1908 ( invalid: secondary junior homonym of Coralliophila debughiae var. spinosa Dall, 1889);

Babelomurex jeanneae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the holotype attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 25.5 mm.^[2]

This marine species occurs off the Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia.

↑ Babelomurex jeanneae D'Attilio & B. W. Myers, 1984. 31 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
↑ D'Attilio, A. & Myers, B.W. (1984). "Descriptions of five new muricacean gastropods and comments on two additional species in the families Muricidae and Coralliophilidae (Mollusca)". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 20 (5): 86. Retrieved 31 May 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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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.