Babelomurex pacei
Species of gastropod
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Babelomurex pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Babelomurex pacei | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex pacei (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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Coralliophila pacei Petuch, 1987 superseded combination &display_parents= 3 | |
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.
