Dermomurex goldsteini

Dermomurex goldsteini
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. goldsteini
Binomial name
Dermomurex goldsteini
Tenison Woods, 1876
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) goldsteini Tenison Woods, 1876
  • Trophon goldsteini Tenison Woods, 1876

Dermomurex goldsteini, common name Goldstein's trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 21 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off southern New South Wales and southwest West Australia; off Tasmania

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