Dermomurex glicksteini

Dermomurex glicksteini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Dermomurex glicksteini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species:
D. glicksteini
Binomial name
Dermomurex glicksteini
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) glicksteini Petuch, 1987
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) glicksteini Petuch, 1987

Description

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Original description: "Shell elongated, fusiform, with elevated spire and well developed siphonal canal; whorls with 3 large blade like varices; intervarical areas with 1 large, keeled axial nob, whorls ornamented with numerous raised spiral threads; aperture large, oval in shape; inner edge of lip with 6 large red denticles; shell color mottled khaki-green and tan, overlaid with darker tannish brown banding along the suture and on siphonal canal; intritacalx thick, chalky, light tan in color; interior of aperture light tan."[2]

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

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Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 150 metres depth, off Palm Beach Island, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA."[3]

This marine species occurs off Eastern Florida, USA and the Bermudas.

References

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  1. ^ a b Dermomurex glicksteini Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
  2. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 25. Publ: CERF
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 25. Publ: CERF
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214