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Dermomurex worsfoldi

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Species of gastropod

Dermomurex worsfoldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species: D. worsfoldi
Binomial name
Dermomurex worsfoldi
Vokes, 1992
Synonyms

Dermomurex (Dermomurex) worsfoldi Vokes, 1992

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 13 mm.

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

References

  1. Vokes, E. H. 1992. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part IX - Pterynotus, Poirieria, Aspella, Dermomurex, Calotrophon, Acantholabia, and Attiliosa; additions and corrections. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 25: 1–108.
  2. ^ Dermomurex worsfoldi Vokes, 1992. 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): 214
Taxon identifiers
Dermomurex worsfoldi


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