Dermomurex pasi

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

Dermomurex pasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Dermomurex
Subgenus:
Viator
Species:
D. pasi
Binomial name
Dermomurex pasi
Vokes, 1993 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dermomurex (Viator) pasi Vokes, 1993

Description

The shell grows to a length of 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Australia.

References
  1. Vokes E.H. (1993) A new species of Dermomurex (Viator) from northwestern Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 14: 77–81
  2. Dermomurex pasi Vokes, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 227


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