Dermomurex oxum

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Dermomurex oxum
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Shell of Dermomurex oxum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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D. oxum
Binomial name
Dermomurex oxum
Petuch, 1979 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Dermomurex abyssicolaauct. non Crosse, 1865
  • Dermomurex cunaauct. non Petuch, 1990
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) oxumPetuch, 1979

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama, French Guiana and in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Brazil.

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References

  1. Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 510–526.
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 November 2012.