Biology:Dermomurex scalaroides

Dermomurex scalaroides
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. scalaroides
Binomial name
	Dermomurex scalaroides; (Blainville, 1829)
Synonyms
	Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides (Blainville, 1829); Murex distinctus Cristofori & Jan 1832; Murex leucoderma Scacchi, 1836; Murex scalariformis Locard, 1886; Murex scalarinus Bivona-Bernardi, 1832; Murex scalaroides Blainville, 1829; Ocenebra (Takia) distinctus Settepassi, 1970; Ocenebra (Takia) distinctus elatus Settepassi, 1970; Ocenebra (Takia) distinctus elongatus Settepassi, 1970; Ocenebra (Takia) minutissimus Settepassi, 1970; Ocenebra (Takia) obesus Settepassi, 1970; Ocenebra (Takia) siculus Settepassi, 1970;

Short description: Species of gastropod

Dermomurex scalaroides 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 6 mm and 21 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa and the Canary Islands.

Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante Malacologico. Molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo, volume I. 296 pp. Museo di Zoologia, Roma
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214

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