Dermomurex leali
Dermomurex leali | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Subgenus: | Trialatella |
Species: | D. leali |
Binomial name | |
Dermomurex leali Houart, 1991 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Dermomurex (Trialatella) leali Houart, 1991 |
Dermomurex leali 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 7 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil.
References
- ↑ Houart, R. 1991. The southeastern Brazilian Muricidae collected by RV Marion-Dufresne in 1897, with the description of three new species. Nautilus 105: 26-37.
- ↑ Dermomurex leali Houart, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 223
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