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Dermomurex pauperculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species: D. pauperculus
Binomial name
Dermomurex pauperculus
(Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Aspella paupercula (Adams, 1850)
  • Dermomurex pauperculus (Adams, 1850)
  • Murex pauperculus Adams, 1850
  • Triton cantraini Recluz, 1853

Dermomurex pauperculus, common name the little aspella, 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 12 mm and 30 mm.

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil.

References

  1. Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 4: 56–68
  2. ^ Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 November 2012.
  • Récluz, C., 1853. Description de coquilles nouvelles (Genres Turbo, Triton et Mitra). Journal de Conchyliologie 4: 245-249
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. - Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
  • 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
  • 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 pauperculus


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