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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979


Range: 9°N to 20.67°S; 80°W to 34.68°W
Depth: 25 to 85 m (live 60 to 85 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.5  mm

Synonymy

Dermomurex abyssicola auct. non Crosse, 1865
Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979
Dermomurex cuna auct. non Petuch, 1990

Details


Dermomurex (Trialatella) oxum Petuch, 1979b, p. 517, fig. 1E-F
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 2 km east of Santa Barbara Is., Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia State, Brazil, 19°57'S, 38°41'W, 25 m
Range: 9°N to 20.67°S; 80°W to 34.68°W
Depth: 25 to 85 m (live 60 to 85 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.5 mm
Distribution: Panama, Brazil: Abrolhos Islands
References: Petuch (1979b) d; Houart (1991) DLlSEM; E. H. Vokes (1992) NW

Dermomurex abyssicola auct. non Crosse, 1865, 
[Not available]
Range: 17.95°S to 20.67°S; 38.68°W to 34.68°W
Depth: 25 to 60 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo, Vitoria-Trindade Seamounts
References: Leal (1991) NSEW; Rios (1994) DdM; E. H. Vokes (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Leal (1991b).

Dermomurex cuna auct. non Petuch, 1990, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Petuch (1990, in part).


Partial List of References

Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92 510-526. [Stated date: 18 Oct 1979.]

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