Dermomurex infrons is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description The shell is medium-sized for the genus and has a broad, rounded last whorl. The axial varices are rounded and the aperture is broad and rounded-ovate. The siphonal canal is relatively short, measuring approximately 25-29% of the total shell length. The intritacalx is thick, light tan to dirty white, and largely smooth, with weak spiral groovesHouart, R. & Héros, V. — “New Species of Dermomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific”Houart et al. — “New Species of Dermomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific”.
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 47 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and New Caledonia.
References
Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 220