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.

Description

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

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.