Dermomurex raywalkeri

Dermomurex raywalkeri
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. raywalkeri
Binomial name
Dermomurex raywalkeri
Houart, 1986
Synonyms[1]

Dermomurex (Dermomurex) raywalkeri Houart, 1986

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Australia.

References

  • Wilson, B., 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Vol. 2. 1 ed. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA. 1-370.
  • 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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