Dermomurex olssoni

Dermomurex olssoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species:
D. olssoni
Binomial name
Dermomurex olssoni
Vokes, 1989 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dermomurex (Dermodurex) olssoni Vokes, 1989

Dermomurex olssoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 24 mm. It is described as a fossil.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras and the Dominican Republic; and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

References

  1. ^ Vokes, E. H. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 8. The family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97: 5–94, 130–153
  2. ^ a b Dermomurex olssoni Vokes, 1989. 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): 214
  • "Dermomurex (Dermomurex) olssoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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