Dermomurex alabastrum

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Dermomurex alabastrum
Shell of Dermomurex alabastrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dermomurex
Species:
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

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]

Distribution

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