Dermomurex leali

Dermomurex leali
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Dermomurex
Subgenus: Trialatella
Species: D. leali
Binomial name
Dermomurex leali
Houart, 1991 [1]
Synonyms

Dermomurex (Trialatella) leali Houart, 1991

Dermomurex leali 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 7 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil.

References

  1. Houart, R. 1991. The southeastern Brazilian Muricidae collected by RV Marion-Dufresne in 1897, with the description of three new species. Nautilus 105: 26-37.
  2. Dermomurex leali Houart, 1991.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.

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