Dermomurex olssoni
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Dermomurex olssoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 24 mm. It is described as a fossil.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras and the Dominican Republic; and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.
References
- ^ Vokes, E. H. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 8. The family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97: 5-94, 130-153
- ^ a b Dermomurex olssoni Vokes, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 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
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