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."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 27. Publ: CERF
Distribution Locus typicus: "Off Pompano outfall, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 27. Publ: CERF
This species was recently discovered off Martinique and Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
References
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.