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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Dermomurex
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.