Vokesimurex rectirostris

Vokesimurex rectirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. rectirostris
Binomial name
Vokesimurex rectirostris
(Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum rectirostris (Sowerby, 1841)
  • Murex rectirostris Sowerby, 1841 (basionym)

Vokesimurex rectirostris, common name : the erect-spined murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell of an adult varies between 33 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species can be found off Southwest Japan and Vietnam and in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex rectirostris (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2011.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
  • Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • 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) rectirostris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011.


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