Dermomurex trondleorum

Dermomurex trondleorum
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. trondleorum
Binomial name
Dermomurex trondleorum
Houart, 1990 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dermomurex (Trialatella) trondleorum Houart, 1990

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 17 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia and the Tuamotus.

References

  1. Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. pp. 243-269 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat. (185) 22
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex trondleorum Houart, 1990.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.

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