WoRMS taxon details
Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855)
234156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234156)
accepted
Species
Latiaxis amaliae (Kobelt, 1907) · unaccepted
Latiaxis benoiti (Tiberi, 1855) · unaccepted (currently placed in genus...)
currently placed in genus Babelomurex
Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855 · unaccepted
Pseudomurex amaliae Kobelt, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855) Tiberi, N. (1855). Descrizione di alcuni testacei viventi viventi nel Mediterraneo. Lettere di Nicola Tiberi. Stabilimento tipografico del cav. Gaetano Nobile, Napoli, 16 p. + 2 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108195
page(s): 15-16; pl. 2 fig. 10-12 [details]
page(s): 15-16; pl. 2 fig. 10-12 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy - Western Mediterranean
type locality contained in Italy - Western Mediterranean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234156 on 2025-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855) Tiberi, N. (1855). Descrizione di alcuni testacei viventi viventi nel Mediterraneo. Lettere di Nicola Tiberi. Stabilimento tipografico del cav. Gaetano Nobile, Napoli, 16 p. + 2 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108195
page(s): 15-16; pl. 2 fig. 10-12 [details]
original description (of Pseudomurex amaliae Kobelt, 1907) Kobelt, W. (1907). Diagnosen neuer Arten. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 40(3): 167-169., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15107142
page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Palmeri, A.; Ebreo, C. (2003). <i>Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 4 parte prima (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea)</i>. Roma. Edizioni Evolver. 298 pp., 745 color figs.
page(s): 130-133, figs 244-248 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 15-16; pl. 2 fig. 10-12 [details]
original description (of Pseudomurex amaliae Kobelt, 1907) Kobelt, W. (1907). Diagnosen neuer Arten. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 40(3): 167-169., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15107142
page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Palmeri, A.; Ebreo, C. (2003). <i>Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 4 parte prima (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea)</i>. Roma. Edizioni Evolver. 298 pp., 745 color figs.
page(s): 130-133, figs 244-248 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Garrigues, B. (2025). Some Coralliophilinae from the deep waters of the north Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, with a description of a new species from the Meteor Seamounts and the rediscovery of <i>Pseudomurex perfectus</i>. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 47: 3-34.
page(s): 15, pl. 13 figs 1-9 [details]
page(s): 15, pl. 13 figs 1-9 [details]





To Conchology (Babelomurex benoiti)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Latiaxis benoiti (Tiberi, 1855))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pseudomurex amaliae Kobelt, 1907)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Latiaxis amaliae (Kobelt, 1907))
To Malacopics (Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, off Málaga, by trawling...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-40) (from synonym Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855)
To PESI (from synonym Latiaxis benoiti (Tiberi, 1855))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855)
To PESI (from synonym Pseudomurex amaliae Kobelt, 1907)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Latiaxis benoiti (Tiberi, 1855))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pseudomurex amaliae Kobelt, 1907)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Latiaxis amaliae (Kobelt, 1907))
To Malacopics (Babelomurex benoiti (Tiberi, 1855) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, off Málaga, by trawling...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-40) (from synonym Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855)
To PESI (from synonym Latiaxis benoiti (Tiberi, 1855))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Murex benoiti Tiberi, 1855)
To PESI (from synonym Pseudomurex amaliae Kobelt, 1907)