Dermomurex pacei

Dermomurex pacei
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. pacei
Binomial name
Dermomurex pacei
Petuch, 1988 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dermomurex (Dermodurex) pacei Petuch, 1988

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba, the Florida Keys, USA and the Bahamas.

References

  1. Petuch, E. J. 1988. Neogene history of tropical American mollusks. [vi] + 217, 39 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia.
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex pacei Petuch, 1988.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/7/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.