Dermomurex alabastrum | |
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Shell of Dermomurex alabastrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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Dermomurex alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864) | |
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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]
The length of the adult shell varies between 16.8 mm and 30 mm. [3]
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