Dermomurex trondleorum

Dermomurex trondleorum
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. trondleorum
Binomial name
Dermomurex trondleorum
Houart, 1990 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dermomurex (Trialatella) trondleorum Houart, 1990

Dermomurex trondleorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 17 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia and the Tuamotus.

References

  1. ↑ Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. pp. 243-269 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat. (185) 22
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex trondleorum Houart, 1990.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.

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