| Vokesimurex lividus | |
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| Shell of Vokesimurex lividus (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. lividus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex lividus (Carpenter, 1857) | |
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Vokesimurex lividus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 47 mm and 66 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California and Panama.
References
- ↑ Vokesimurex lividus (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 March 2012.
- Carpenter, P. P. 1857. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum: Collected by Frederick Reigen, Described by Philip P. Carpenter. 552 pp.
- 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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