Dermomurex pauperculus

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]

Dermomurex pauperculus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Dermomurex
Species:	D. pauperculus
Binomial name
Dermomurex pauperculus (Adams, 1850) [1]
Synonyms[2]
Aspella paupercula (Adams, 1850) Dermomurex pauperculus (Adams, 1850) Murex pauperculus Adams, 1850 Triton cantraini Recluz, 1853

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil.