Dermomurex oxum

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

Dermomurex oxum
Shell of Dermomurex oxum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Dermomurex
Species:	D. oxum
Binomial name
Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Dermomurex abyssicola auct. non Crosse, 1865 Dermomurex cuna auct. non Petuch, 1990 Dermomurex (Trialatella) oxum Petuch, 1979

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama, French Guiana and in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Brazil.