Vokesimurex malabaricus

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

Vokesimurex malabaricus
Shell of Vokesimurex malabaricus (museum specimen 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. malabaricus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex malabaricus
(E. A. Smith, 1894)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum malabaricum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
  • Murex malabaricus E. A. Smith, 1894
    Murex tunghaiensis Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 (basionym)
  • Murex tunghaiensis Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977

Description

The shell of an adult specimen grows to a length of 85 mm.

Distribution

This marine species can be found in the Persian Gulf and in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia.

References
  1. Vokesimurex malabaricus (E. A. Smith, 1894). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2011.
  • Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1-160.
  • "Haustellum (Vokesimurex) malabaricus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011.


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