Vokesimurex sobrinus

Vokesimurex sobrinus
Shell of Vokesimurex sobrinus (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species: V. sobrinus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex sobrinus
(A. Adams, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Murex sobrinus A. Adams, 1863 (original combination)

Vokesimurex sobrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 37 mm and 77 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Korea and China.

References

  1. 1 2 Vokesimurex sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

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