Dermomurex wareni

Dermomurex wareni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Dermomurex
Subgenus: Takia
Species: D. wareni
Binomial name
Dermomurex wareni
Houart, 1990 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dermomurex (Takia) wareni Houart, 1990

Dermomurex wareni 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 37 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. pp. 243-269 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. (185) 22
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex wareni Houart, 1990.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.

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