Dermomurex alabastrum | |
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Shell of Dermomurex alabastrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Species: | D. alabastrum
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Binomial name | |
Dermomurex alabastrum (
A. Adams, 1864)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Dermomurex alabastrum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] [2]
The length of the adult shell varies between 16.8 mm and 30 mm. [3]
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The type locality for this species is Martinique, one of the Windward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. The species has also been found on Antigua and on Nevis. However it is perhaps more common on the Caribbean coast of Central America, having been found in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and also in Venezuela. [3]
Dermomurex alabastrum | |
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Shell of Dermomurex alabastrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Species: | D. alabastrum
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Binomial name | |
Dermomurex alabastrum (
A. Adams, 1864)
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Synonyms [1] | |
|
Dermomurex alabastrum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] [2]
The length of the adult shell varies between 16.8 mm and 30 mm. [3]
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (November 2012) |
The type locality for this species is Martinique, one of the Windward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. The species has also been found on Antigua and on Nevis. However it is perhaps more common on the Caribbean coast of Central America, having been found in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and also in Venezuela. [3]