Dermomurex alabastrum

Dermomurex alabastrum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1][2]

Dermomurex alabastrum
Shell of Dermomurex alabastrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Dermomurex
Species:	D. alabastrum
Binomial name
Dermomurex alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Aspella paupercula varians Nowell-Usticke, 1969 Dermomurex (Dermomurex) alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864) Murex adamsii Kobelt, 1877 Murex alabastrum A. Adams, 1864 Trophon engonatus Dall, 1892

Description

The length of the adult shell varies between 16.8 mm and 30 mm.^[3]

Distribution

The type locality for this species is Martinique, one of the Windward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. The species has also been found on Antigua and on Nevis. However it is perhaps more common on the Caribbean coast of Central America, having been found in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and also in Venezuela.^[3]