Dermomurex glicksteini

Dermomurex glicksteini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Dermomurex
Subgenus: Dermomurex
Species: D. glicksteini
Binomial name
Dermomurex glicksteini
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) glicksteini Petuch, 1987
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) glicksteini Petuch, 1987

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Florida, USA and the Bermudas.

References

  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214


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