Vokesimurex donmoorei | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex donmoorei (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. donmoorei |
Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964) | |
Synonyms | |
Murex (Murex) donmoorei Bullis, 1964 |
Vokesimurex donmoorei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
This spiny species varies between 45 mm and 76 mm.
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Distribution
Caribbean Sea, Colombia and North coast of South America (French Guyana).
References
- ^ Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bullis, H. R. (1964). Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the northeast coast of South America, with descriptions of four new species. Tulane Studies in Zoology. 11: 99-107.
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Vokesimurex donmoorei |
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