Dermomurex oxum

Dermomurex oxum
Shell of Dermomurex oxum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species:
D. oxum
Binomial name
Dermomurex oxum
Petuch, 1979 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dermomurex abyssicola auct. non Crosse, 1865
  • Dermomurex cuna auct. non Petuch, 1990
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) oxum Petuch, 1979

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, French Guiana and in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Brazil.

References

  1. ↑ Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 510–526.
  2. 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
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D., 2017. Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l’expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy 15: 29-38
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