Dermomurex elizabethae

Dermomurex elizabethae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Dermomurex elizabethae
Apertural view of a shell of Dermomurex elizabethae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Dermomurex
Subgenus:
Gracilimurex
Species:
D. elizabethae
Binomial name
Dermomurex elizabethae
(McGinty, 1940)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspella elizabethae McGinty, 1940 (basionym)
  • Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) elizabethae (McGinty, 1940)

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; 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
  • "Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) elizabethae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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