Dermomurex_trondleorum

<i>Dermomurex trondleorum</i>

Dermomurex trondleorum

Species of gastropod

Dermomurex trondleorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 17 mm. It is found in bottom sediments and feeds on prey.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia and the Tuamotus.

References

  1. [1]
    Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. pp. 243–269 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat. (185) 22
  2. [2]
    Dermomurex trondleorum Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Molluscabase - Dermomurex trondleorum Houart, 1990". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  • Houart, R., 1990. Description of two new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from french Polynesia. Apex 5(1-2): 7-12
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 223


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