Dermomurex pauperculus

Dermomurex pauperculus
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. pauperculus
Binomial name
Dermomurex pauperculus
(C. B. Adams, 1850) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aspella paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Murex pauperculus C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Triton cantraini Recluz, 1853

Dermomurex pauperculus, common name the little aspella, 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 12 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil.

References

  1. Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 4: 56-68
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 November 2012.

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