Dermomurex cunninghamae

Dermomurex cunninghamae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species:
D. cunninghamae
Binomial name
Dermomurex cunninghamae
(Berry, 1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) cunninghamae (Berry, 1964)
  • Trialatella cunninghamae Berry, 1964 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell has a maximum length of 18.5mm. The spire is high and acute, consisting of two and a half tightly wound, convex nuclear whorls and five postnuclear whorls.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Panama.

References

  1. ^ a b Dermomurex cunninghamae (Berry, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
  2. ^ Dermomurex (Trialatella) cunninghamae (Berry, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 January 2017.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 223
  • "Dermomurex (Trialatella) cunninghamae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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