Dermomurex cunninghamae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Dermomurex cunninghamae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Dermomurex |
Species: | D. cunninghamae
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Binomial name | |
Dermomurex cunninghamae (Berry, 1964)
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Description
editThe 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
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Panama.
References
edit- ^ a b Dermomurex cunninghamae (Berry, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
- ^ 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
External links
edit- "Dermomurex (Trialatella) cunninghamae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.