Dermomurex kaicherae
Shell of Dermomurex kaicherae (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. kaicherae
Binomial name
Dermomurex kaicherae
(Petuch, 1987) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dermomurex (Dermomurex) kaicherae Petuch, 1987
  • Dermomurex (Trialatella) kaicherae Petuch, 1987

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

Description

Original description: "Shell elongated, fusiform, thin and fragile; 3 thin, winglike varices per whorl; body whorl and spire whorls ornamented with 3 large, evenly-spaced spiral cords; intervarical regions with an axial rib composed of 3 large knobs; 3 large cords extend onto backs of winglike varices; entire shell covered with numerous fine spiral threads, giving shell a rough appearance; aperture large, oval, with 6 tiny red denticles along inner edge of lip; entire shell uniform chocolate-brown; interior of aperture brown; columella tan; intritacalx (eroded off much of holotype) tan."[3]

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."[4]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (off Colombia)
and the Lesser Antilles (off the Virgin Islands, St. Croix and Tortola)

References

  1. ↑ Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas. [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia.
  2. 1 2 Dermomurex kaicherae (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, pages 96, 97. Publ: CERF
  4. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 96. Publ: CERF
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214
  • "Dermomurex (Dermomurex) kaicherae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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