Vokesimurex donmoorei
Shell of Vokesimurex donmoorei (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]

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.[1]

Description

This spiny species varies between 45 mm and 76 mm.

Distribution

Caribbean Sea, Colombia and North coast of South America (French Guyana).

References

  • 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.


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