Dermomurex elizabethae
| Dermomurex elizabethae | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Dermomurex elizabethae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Dermomurex |
| Subgenus: | Gracilimurex |
| Species: | D. elizabethae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940) | |
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Dermomurex elizabethae 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 10 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas.
References
- 1 2 Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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