Vokesimurex malabaricus

Vokesimurex malabaricus
Shell of Vokesimurex malabaricus (museum specimen Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species: V. malabaricus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex malabaricus
(E. A. Smith, 1894)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum malabaricum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
  • Murex malabaricus E. A. Smith, 1894
    Murex tunghaiensis Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 (basionym)
  • Murex tunghaiensis Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977

Vokesimurex malabaricus 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 specimen grows to a length of 85 mm.

Distribution

This marine species can be found in the Persian Gulf and in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia.

References

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