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]
  • 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 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.

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