| Vokesimurex rectirostris | |
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Scientific 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) | |
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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 2 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.
External links
- 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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