Babelomurex rugosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It belongs to the subfamily Coralliophilinae, a group of muricids that are typically ectoparasitic or commensal on cnidarians such as corals and gorgonians.
Taxonomy The species was described in 2022 by Bernard Garrigues, Didier Lamy and Dario Zuccon as one of six new coralliophiline species from the Antilles and French Guiana treated in the same paper, alongside Babelomurex bayeri, Babelomurex colettae, Babelomurex pruvosti and Babelomurex stupa.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, p. 23, pl. 4 fig. 9, pl. 20 figs 1–2. Paratype material is deposited in the collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) in Paris.
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm.
Distribution This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe and Martinique, with its type locality lying within the Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone.
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.