Babelomurex pacei

Babelomurex pacei
Shell of Babelomurex pacei (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Babelomurex
Species:
B. pacei
Binomial name
Babelomurex pacei
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms

Coralliophila pacei Petuch, 1987 superseded combination

Babelomurex pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, with ovate, inflated body whorl and elevated, scalariform spire; body whorl ornamented with 2 large fimbriated spiral cords, one at shoulder and one below (anterior to) mid-body; 3 small squamose spiral cords between suture and large shoulder cord; 2 small squamose spiral cords between 2 large cords around anterior end; 9 low varices per whorl; large scale produced at intersection of varix and spiral cord, giving shell fimbriated appearance; shell uniformly cream-white in color."

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Pompano outfall, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA."

This species was recently discovered off Martinique and Guadeloupe, French West Indies.

References

  1. ↑ Babelomurex pacei (Petuch, 1987). 3 June 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 27. Publ: CERF
  3. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 27. Publ: CERF