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Dermomurex alabastrum

Dermomurex alabastrum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Dermomurex alabastrum
Shell of Dermomurex alabastrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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D. alabastrum
Binomial name
Dermomurex alabastrum
(A. Adams, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspella paupercula varians Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864)
  • Murex adamsii Kobelt, 1877
  • Murex alabastrum A. Adams, 1864
  • Trophon engonatus Dall, 1892

Description edit

The length of the adult shell varies between 16.8 mm and 30 mm.[3]

Distribution edit

The type locality for this species is Martinique, one of the Windward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. The species has also been found on Antigua and on Nevis. However it is perhaps more common on the Caribbean coast of Central America, having been found in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and also in Venezuela.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Dermomurex alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 November 2012.
  2. ^ Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214.
  3. ^ a b "Dermomurex alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. , 2019. Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attiliosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 36: 22-59

External links edit

  • "Dermomurex (Dermomurex) alabastrum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Adams A. (1864 ["1863"). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1863): 506-509]


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