Biology:Dermomurex kaicherae
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Dermomurex kaicherae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
Original description: "Shell elongated, fusiform, thin and fragile; 3 thin, winglike varices per whorl; body whorl and spire whorls ornamented with 3 large, evenly-spaced spiral cords; intervarical regions with an axial rib composed of 3 large knobs; 3 large cords extend onto backs of winglike varices; entire shell covered with numerous fine spiral threads, giving shell a rough appearance; aperture large, oval, with 6 tiny red denticles along inner edge of lip; entire shell uniform chocolate-brown; interior of aperture brown; columella tan; intritacalx (eroded off much of holotype) tan."[3]
The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 23 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."[4]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (off Colombia)
and the Lesser Antilles (off the Virgin Islands, St. Croix and Tortola)
References
- ↑ Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas. [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dermomurex kaicherae (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, pages 96, 97. Publ: CERF
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 96. Publ: CERF
- 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) kaicherae" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_7671.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5262765 entry
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