Dermomurex olssoni

Dermomurex olssoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Dermomurex
Subgenus: Dermomurex
Species: D. olssoni
Binomial name
Dermomurex olssoni
Vokes, 1989 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dermomurex (Dermodurex) olssoni Vokes, 1989

Dermomurex olssoni 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 20 mm and 24 mm. It is described as a fossil.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras and the Dominican Republic; and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

References

  1. Vokes, E. H. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 8. The family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97: 5-94, 130-153
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex olssoni Vokes, 1989.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.

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