Dermomurex

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Dermomurex elizabethae 001.jpg

|image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Dermomurex elizabethae

|taxon = Dermomurex

|authority= Monterosato, 1890

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|synonyms =

  • Aspella (Dermomurex)
  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) Monterosato, 1890
  • Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) Thiele, 1929
  • Dermomurex (Takia) Kuroda, 1953
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) Berry, 1964
  • Dermomurex (Viator) E.H. Vokes, 1974
  • Hexachorda Cossmann, 1903
  • Murex (Gracilimurex) Thiele, 1929 (original rank)
  • Ocenebra (Takia) Kuroda, 1953
  • Poweria Monterosato, 1884 (Invalid: junior homonym of Poweria Bonaparte, 1840 [Pisces]; Dermomurex is a replacement name)
  • Takia Kuroda, 1953 (original rank)
  • Trialatella Berry, 1964

|type_species = Murex scalarinus Bivona-Bernardi, 1832

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|display_parents= 3

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Dermomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|138191|Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890||23 November 2012}}

Species

Species within the genus Dermomurex include:

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References

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  • Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp
  • Kuroda T. (1953). On the Japanese species of “Trophon”. Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 17: 186–202.
  • 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