Dermomurex oxum
| Dermomurex oxum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Dermomurex |
| Subgenus: | Trialatella |
| Species: | D. oxum |
| Binomial name | |
| Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dermomurex oxum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama and in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Brazil.
References
- ↑ Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 510-526.
- 1 2 Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 223
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