Dermomurex elizabethae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Dermomurex elizabethae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Dermomurex |
| Species: | D. elizabethae
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| Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas.
References
edit- ^ 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
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- "Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) elizabethae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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