Dermomurex goldsteini
Dermomurex goldsteini, common name Goldstein's trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 21 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off southern New South Wales and southwest West Australia; off Tasmania
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References
- Dermomurex goldsteini Tenison Woods, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
- Vokes, E.H. (1985). The genus Dermomurex (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia.
- Wilson, B., 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Vol. 2. 1 ed. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214
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