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Dermomurex infrons

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Species of gastropod

Dermomurex infrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species: D. infrons
Binomial name
Dermomurex infrons
Vokes, 1974
Synonyms
  • Dermomurex (Takia) infrons Vokes, 1974
  • Murex inermis Sowerby, 1841 (Invalid: junior homonym of Murex inermis Philippi, 1836; Dermomurex infrons is a replacement name)
  • Trophonopsis inermis sensu Kuroda & Habe, 1952

Dermomurex infrons 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 19 mm and 47 mm.

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ Dermomurex infrons Vokes, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 220
Taxon identifiers
Dermomurex infrons


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