Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific) Author Oliverio, Marco Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Rome University, “ La Sapienza ”, Viale dell’Università 32, I- 00185 Rome (Italy) marco. oliverio @ uniroma 1. it text Zoosystema 2009 2009-12-31 31 4 759 789 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2009n4a2 journal article 8158 10.5252/z2009n4a2 e6fe093f-6002-4668-ae64-b656f2f7acfc 1638-9387 4520186 Genus Babelomurex Coen, 1922 Babelomurex Coen, 1922: 68 . 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 lischkeanus Dunker, 1882 ). TYPE SPECIES. — Fusus babelis Requien, 1848 (by original designation); Recent, north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. REMARKS 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. Preliminary DNA data ( Oliverio et al . 2009 ) indicate that also this genus, as traditionally conceived, is polyphyletic, and probably also its synonymy list is destined to change.