Babelomurex pacei

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Babelomurex pacei
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Shell of Babelomurex pacei (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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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Coralliophila paceiPetuch, 1987 superseded combination &display_parents= 3

Contents

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.

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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