Dermomurex oxum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
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| Shell of Dermomurex oxum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Dermomurex |
| Species: | D. oxum
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| Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979 [1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama, French Guiana and in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Brazil.
References
edit- ^ Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 510–526.
- ^ a b Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979. 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): 223
- Garrigues B. & Lamy D. , 2017. Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l’expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy 15: 29-38
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