Dermomurex scalaroides

Dermomurex scalaroides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Dermomurex
Species:	D. scalaroides
Binomial name
Dermomurex scalaroides (Blainville, 1829)
Synonyms [1]
Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides(Blainville, 1829) Murex distinctusCristofori & Jan 1832 Murex leucodermaScacchi, 1836 Murex scalariformisLocard, 1886 Murex scalarinusBivona-Bernardi, 1832 Murex scalaroidesBlainville, 1829 Ocenebra (Takia) distinctusSettepassi, 1970 Ocenebra (Takia) distinctus elatusSettepassi, 1970 Ocenebra (Takia) distinctus elongatusSettepassi, 1970 Ocenebra (Takia) minutissimusSettepassi, 1970 Ocenebra (Takia) obesusSettepassi, 1970 Ocenebra (Takia) siculusSettepassi, 1970

Dermomurex scalaroides

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 21 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa and the Canary Islands.

References

1. Dermomurex scalaroides (Blainville, 1829) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 November 2012.

• Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante Malacologico. Molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo, volume I. 296 pp. Museo di Zoologia, Roma
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214

External links

• "Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.