Vokesimurex messorius

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

Vokesimurex messorius
Two views of a shell of Vokesimurex messorius (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. messorius
Binomial name
Vokesimurex messorius
(Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex funiculatus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex messorius Sowerby II, 1841
  • Murex messorius gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Murex nigrescens Sowerby II, 1841

Description

The size of the shell varies between 48 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras to Suriname,
and off St Lucia and Saint Vincent (Antilles).

References
  1. Vokesimurex messorius (Sowerby II, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • "Vokesimurex messorius". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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