Dermomurex oxum

Dermomurex oxum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Dermomurex oxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Dermomurex
Subgenus:
Trialatella
Species:
D. oxum
Binomial name
Dermomurex oxum
Petuch, 1979 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dermomurex abyssicola auct. non Crosse, 1865
  • Dermomurex cuna auct. non Petuch, 1990
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) oxum Petuch, 1979

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama and in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Brazil.

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References
  1. Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 510–526.
  2. Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 223


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