Dermomurex kaicherae
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
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| image = Dermomurex kaicherae 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Dermomurex kaicherae (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
| taxon = Dermomurex kaicherae
| authority = (Petuch, 1987)Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas. [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia.
| synonyms =
- Dermomurex (Dermomurex) kaicherae Petuch, 1987
- Dermomurex (Trialatella) kaicherae Petuch, 1987
}}
Dermomurex kaicherae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|564278|Dermomurex kaicherae (Petuch, 1987)||25 November 2012}}
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."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, pages 96, 97. Publ: CERF
The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 23 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 96. Publ: CERF
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (off Colombia)
and the Lesser Antilles (off the Virgin Islands, St. Croix and Tortola)
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
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=7671|title=Dermomurex (Dermomurex) kaicherae|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1987
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