Dermomurex glicksteini

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  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) glicksteini Petuch, 1987
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) glicksteini Petuch, 1987

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Dermomurex glicksteini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|564275|Dermomurex glicksteini Petuch, 1987||24 November 2012}}

Description

Original description: "Shell elongated, fusiform, with elevated spire and well developed siphonal canal; whorls with 3 large blade like varices; intervarical areas with 1 large, keeled axial nob, whorls ornamented with numerous raised spiral threads; aperture large, oval in shape; inner edge of lip with 6 large red denticles; shell color mottled khaki-green and tan, overlaid with darker tannish brown banding along the suture and on siphonal canal; intritacalx thick, chalky, light tan in color; interior of aperture light tan."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 25. Publ: CERF

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 150 metres depth, off Palm Beach Island,

Palm Beach County, Florida, USA."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 25. Publ: CERF

This marine species occurs off Eastern Florida, USA and the Bermudas.

References

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  • 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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Category:Gastropods described in 1987

Category:Dermomurex

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