Dermomurex indentatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Dermomurex indentatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Species: | D. indentatus
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Binomial name | |
Dermomurex indentatus (Carpenter, 1857)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 33 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Panama.
References
edit- ^ a b Dermomurex indentatus (Carpenter, 1857). 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): 214
External links
edit- "Dermomurex (Dermomurex) indentatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.