Dermomurex colombi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Dermomurex colombi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Species: | D. colombi
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Binomial name | |
Dermomurex colombi Houart, 2006[1]
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Synonyms | |
Dermomurex (Dermomurex) colombi Houart, 2006 |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Martinique and the Lesser Antilles.
References
edit- ^ Houart. 2006. Novapex Volume: 7 Issue: 2–3 Pages: 47–53. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Dermomurex colombi Houart, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.