Dermomurex infrons

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

Dermomurex infrons
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Dermomurex
Species:	D. infrons
Binomial name
Dermomurex infrons Vokes, 1974
Synonyms[1]
Dermomurex (Takia) infrons Vokes, 1974 Murex inermis Sowerby, 1841 (Invalid: junior homonym of Murex inermis Philippi, 1836; Dermomurex infrons is a replacement name) Trophonopsis inermis sensu Kuroda & Habe, 1952

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia.