Dermomurex oxum

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

Dermomurex oxum
Shell of Dermomurex oxum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. oxum
Binomial name
Dermomurex oxum
Petuch, 1979 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dermomurex abyssicola auct. non Crosse, 1865
  • Dermomurex cuna auct. non Petuch, 1990
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) oxum Petuch, 1979

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama, French Guiana and in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Brazil.

References
  1. Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 510–526.
  2. Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979. 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
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. , 2017. Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l’expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy 15: 29-38


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