Babelomurex pacei

Babelomurex pacei
Shell of Babelomurex pacei (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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Coralliophila pacei Petuch, 1987 superseded combination &display_parents= 3

Babelomurex pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Pompano outfall, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA."[3]

This species was recently discovered in Martinique, French West Indies.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Babelomurex pacei (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596671 on 2023-07-08
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

• Garrigues, B., Lamy, D. & Zuccon, D. (2022). The Coralliophilinae from the Antilles and French Guiana with the description of six new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 37: 4-53.