Dermomurex infrons
Appearance
Dermomurex infrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Species: | D. infrons
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Binomial name | |
Dermomurex infrons Vokes, 1974
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Dermomurex infrons is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 47 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dermomurex infrons Vokes, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 220