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Babelomurex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Babelomurex was named by Coen (1922) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Coralliophilidae by Petuch (1988); to Coralliophilinae by Wilson (1994); and to Muricidae by Landau et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Babelomurex Coen
1988Babelomurex Petuch p. 56
1994Babelomurex Wilson p. 15
2007Babelomurex Landau et al. p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBabelomurexCoen 1922

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Babelomurex Coen 1922
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Babelomurex lindae Petuch 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain B. dellabellai, B. janianus (80564)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) B. lindae (79958)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Latiaxis blowi (78043)