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Dermomurex goldsteini

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Species of gastropod

Dermomurex goldsteini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species: D. goldsteini
Binomial name
Dermomurex goldsteini
Tenison Woods, 1876
Synonyms
  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) goldsteini Tenison Woods, 1876
  • Trophon goldsteini Tenison Woods, 1876

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.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 21 mm.

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off southern New South Wales, southwest Western Australia, and Tasmania.

References

  1. ^ 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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Taxon identifiers
Dermomurex goldsteini


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