Английская Википедия:Dermomurex kaicherae

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

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."[2]

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

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."[3]

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

References

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  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214

External links

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  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, pages 96, 97. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 96. Publ: CERF