Dermomurex abyssicolus

Dermomurex abyssicolus
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. abyssicolus
Binomial name
Dermomurex abyssicolus
(Crosse, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) abyssicola (Crosse, 1865)
  • Murex abyssicola Crosse, 1865

Dermomurex abyssicolus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Florida, USA; the Bahamas, Guadeloupe and Brazil.

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