Dermomurex elizabethae

Dermomurex elizabethae
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspella elizabethae McGinty, 1940 (basionym)
  • Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) elizabethae (McGinty, 1940)

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.

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