Babelomurex yamatoensis 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 the Philippines, New Caledonia (and the Norfolk Ridge), the New Hebrides.
References
Kosuge, S. (1986). Some considerations on the family Coralliophilidae with descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 2 (4): 70-75. 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. Chino, M. (2014). A new species of Latiaxis (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from New Caledonia and the Norfolk Ridge. Visaya. 4(2): 9-14.