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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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Dermomurex |
| Species: | D. pauperculus
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Description
editThe 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]
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Distribution
editThis 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]
References
edit- ^ Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 4: 56–68
- ^ a b Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Dermomurex pauperculus (Adams, 1850)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ Goldman, Jaime. "Library Guides: Central and South Florida Gastropod Seashell Identification Guide: Murex Snails". libguides.nova.edu. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ Goldman, Jaime. "Library Guides: Central and South Florida Gastropod Seashell Identification Guide: Murex Snails". libguides.nova.edu. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- Récluz, C., 1853. Description de coquilles nouvelles (Genres Turbo, Triton et Mitra). Journal de Conchyliologie 4: 245-249
- Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. - Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 214
External links
edit- "Dermomurex (Dermomurex) pauperculus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- MNHN, Paris: syntype
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