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Dermomurex pauperculus

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dermomurex pauperculus
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Dermomurex pauperculus, common name the little aspella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 30 mm.[3]

Its diet consists of bivalves such as oysters, muscles and clams and feeds on them by plunging a hole through the mollusks shell. They also eat carrion and other dead animals.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil. They are found in shallow near shore waters.[5]

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