Dermomurex colombi

Dermomurex colombi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species: D. colombi
Binomial name
Dermomurex colombi
Houart, 2006[1]
Synonyms

Dermomurex (Dermomurex) colombi Houart, 2006

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Martinique and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.


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