Dermomurex alabastrum
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image_caption = Shell of Dermomurex alabastrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| taxon = Dermomurex alabastrum
| authority = (A. Adams, 1864)
| synonyms =
- Aspella paupercula varians Nowell-Usticke, 1969
- Dermomurex (Dermomurex) alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864)
- Murex adamsii Kobelt, 1877
- Murex alabastrum A. Adams, 1864
- Trophon engonatus Dall, 1892
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Dermomurex alabastrum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|564274|Dermomurex alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864)||23 November 2012}}Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214.
Description
The length of the adult shell varies between 16.8 mm and 30 mm.{{Cite web|url=http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=3862|title=Dermomurex alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864)|website=Malacolog Version 4.1.1|access-date=27 April 2019}}
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Distribution
The type locality for this species is Martinique, one of the Windward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. The species has also been found on Antigua and on Nevis. However it is perhaps more common on the Caribbean coast of Central America, having been found in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and also in Venezuela.
References
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- Garrigues B. & Lamy D. , 2019. Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attiliosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 36: 22-59
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=24128|title=Dermomurex (Dermomurex) alabastrum|access-date=16 January 2019}}
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681870 Adams A. (1864 ["1863"]). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1863): 506-509]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1864
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