Dermomurex raywalkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Dermomurex raywalkeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Species: | D. raywalkeri
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Binomial name | |
Dermomurex raywalkeri Houart, 1986
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Synonyms[1] | |
Dermomurex (Dermomurex) raywalkeri Houart, 1986 |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Dermomurex raywalkeri Houart, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
- Wilson, B., 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Vol. 2. 1 ed. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA. 1–370.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214