Dermomurex pauperculus

Dermomurex pauperculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Dermomurex
Subgenus:	Dermomurex
Species:	D. pauperculus
Binomial name
	Dermomurex pauperculus; (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
	Aspella paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1850); Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850); Murex pauperculus C. B. Adams, 1850; Triton cantraini Recluz, 1853;

Dermomurex pauperculus, common name the little aspella, 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 12 mm and 30 mm.

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil.

^ Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 4: 56-68
^ ^a ^b Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 November 2012.

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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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