Dermomurex elizabethae

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

Dermomurex elizabethae
Apertural view of a shell of Dermomurex elizabethae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Dermomurex
Species:	D. elizabethae
Binomial name
Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940)
Synonyms[1]
Aspella elizabethae McGinty, 1940 (basionym) Dermomurex (Gracilimurex) elizabethae (McGinty, 1940)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas.