Dermomurex bobyini

Dermomurex bobyini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Dermomurex
Subgenus: Takia
Species: D. bobyini
Binomial name
Dermomurex bobyini
(Kosuge, 1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Takia) bobyini (Kosuge, 1984)
  • Takia bobyini Kosuge, 1984 (basionym)

Dermomurex bobyini 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 20 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Dermomurex bobyini (Kosuge, 1984).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.

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