Dermomurex cunninghamae

Dermomurex cunninghamae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Dermomurex cunninghamae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Dermomurex
Subgenus:
Trialatella
Species:
D. cunninghamae
Binomial name
Dermomurex cunninghamae
(Berry, 1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) cunninghamae (Berry, 1964)
  • Trialatella cunninghamae Berry, 1964 (basionym)

Description

The shell has a maximum length of 18.5mm. The spire is high and acute, consisting of two and a half tightly wound, convex nuclear whorls and five postnuclear whorls.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Panama.

References
  1. Dermomurex cunninghamae (Berry, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2012.
  2. Dermomurex (Trialatella) cunninghamae (Berry, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 January 2017.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 223
  • "Dermomurex (Trialatella) cunninghamae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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