Vokesimurex samui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. samui
Binomial name
Vokesimurex samui
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]

Murex samui Petuch, 1987

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

Description

Original description: "Shell large, inflated, with bulbous body whorl; 3 varices per whorl; body whorl and varices ornamented with 20 raised, spiral cords; cords on varices become rib-like, often ending in small, scale-like spine; varix with 3 large spines, 1 at shoulder, 1 at mid-body, and 1 at base; short, stubby secondary spines between 3 large spines on some varices; shoulders of spire varices with 1 large projecting spine; siphonal canal with 1 large spine near top, several smaller scale-like spines below; end of siphonal canal smooth; columellar region with large, erect parietal shield that does not adhere to body of shell; aperture very large and flaring, round in shape; shell color uniformly pure white (holotype with some patches of rust stains); intervarical regions with 3 weak, knobbed axial ribs."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Monkey River, Belize."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Vokesimurex samui (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 67. Publ: CERF


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