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Dermomurex elizabethae

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Species of gastropod

Dermomurex elizabethae
Apertural view of a shell of Dermomurex elizabethae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species: D. elizabethae
Binomial name
Dermomurex elizabethae
(McGinty, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Aspella elizabethae McGinty, 1940 (basionym)
  • Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) elizabethae (McGinty, 1940)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas.

References

  1. ^ Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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Taxon identifiers
Dermomurex elizabethae
Aspella elizabethae


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