WoRMS taxon details
Babelomurex couturieri ([Jousseaume], 1898)
410838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410838)
accepted
Species
Latiaxis couturieri [Jousseaume], 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex (Langfordia) cuspidifera Dall, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex cuspidiferus Dall, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Latiaxis couturieri [Jousseaume], 1898) Jousseaume F. (1898). Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 20 [= ser. 2, 12] (261): 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10335457
page(s): 22, textfig. [details]
page(s): 22, textfig. [details]
Type locality contained in New Britain
type locality contained in New Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Babelomurex couturieri ([Jousseaume], 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410838 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Latiaxis couturieri [Jousseaume], 1898) Jousseaume F. (1898). Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 20 [= ser. 2, 12] (261): 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10335457
page(s): 22, textfig. [details]
original description (of Murex (Langfordia) cuspidifera Dall, 1924) Dall, W. H. (1924). Notes on molluscan nomenclature. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 37: 87-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34552611
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 540 [details]
page(s): 22, textfig. [details]
original description (of Murex (Langfordia) cuspidifera Dall, 1924) Dall, W. H. (1924). Notes on molluscan nomenclature. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 37: 87-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34552611
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 540 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
identification resource Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa.</i> Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
identification resource Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa.</i> Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Kosuge S. & Suzuki M. (1985). Illustrated catalogue of <i>Latiaxis</i> and its related groups, Family Coralliophilidae. <em>Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication.</em> 1: v + 83 pp., 50 pls.
page(s): 20, pl. 20 figs 1-3, pl. 35 figs 4-6,9. [details]
page(s): 20, pl. 20 figs 1-3, pl. 35 figs 4-6,9. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Babelomurex couturieri cf.)
To Conchology (Babelomurex couturieri)
To Malacopics (Babelomurex couturieri ([Jousseaume], 1898))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-134) (from synonym Latiaxis couturieri [Jousseaume], 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex cuspidiferus Dall, 1924)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Babelomurex couturieri)
To Malacopics (Babelomurex couturieri ([Jousseaume], 1898))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-134) (from synonym Latiaxis couturieri [Jousseaume], 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex cuspidiferus Dall, 1924)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
![To Malacopics (Babelomurex couturieri ([Jousseaume], 1898))](https://malacopics.nl/db/images_thumbs/Babelomurex couturieri.jpg "To Malacopics (Babelomurex couturieri ([Jousseaume], 1898))")
