Dermomurex elizabethae
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| Superfamily: | Muricoidea
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| Species: | D. elizabethae
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| Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940)
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Dermomurex elizabethae 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 10 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas.
References[]
- ^ a b Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links[]
- "Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) elizabethae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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