Dermomurex indentatus

Dermomurex indentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Dermomurex
Subgenus: Dermomurex
Species: D. indentatus
Binomial name
Dermomurex indentatus
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspella (Dermomurex) perplexa Keen, 1958
  • Muricidea erinaceoides var. indentatus Carpenter, 1857 (basionym)

Dermomurex indentatus 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 25 mm and 33 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Panama.

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