Dermomurex infrons

Dermomurex infrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species:
D. infrons
Binomial name
Dermomurex infrons
Vokes, 1974
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Takia) infrons Vokes, 1974
  • Murex inermis Sowerby, 1841 (Invalid: junior homonym of Murex inermis Philippi, 1836; Dermomurex infrons is a replacement name)
  • Trophonopsis inermis sensu Kuroda & Habe, 1952

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b Dermomurex infrons Vokes, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 220


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