Babelomurex tumidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and New Caledonia (on the Norfolk Ridge).
References
Kosuge, S. (1980). Descriptions of six new species of the genus Latiaxis from the Philippines Sea. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(3): 41-45, pls 9-10. 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.