Dermomurex leali

Dermomurex leali is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Dermomurex leali
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Dermomurex
Subgenus:
Trialatella
Species:
D. leali
Binomial name
Dermomurex leali
Houart, 1991 [1]
Synonyms

Dermomurex (Trialatella) leali Houart, 1991

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil.

References
  1. Houart, R. 1991. The southeastern Brazilian Muricidae collected by RV Marion-Dufresne in 1897, with the description of three new species. Nautilus 105: 26–37.
  2. Dermomurex leali Houart, 1991. 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): 223


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