Vokesimurex woodringi

Vokesimurex woodringi
Shell of Vokesimurex woodringi (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. woodringi
Binomial name
Vokesimurex woodringi
(Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murex woodringi var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969

Vokesimurex woodringi, common name Woodring's murex, 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 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea .

References

  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.


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