Babelomurex scalariformis, common name the staircase coralsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description (Original description) The shell is ovate, scalariform, umbilicate, and white. The whorls are decussated, angulate-carinate above, and flat on their upper surface. The spire is exserted. The aperture is rounded, and the inner margin of the outer lip is grooved.
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea off Martinique and Guadeloupe.
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.
External links Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.