Vokesimurex mindanaoensis

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

Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
A shell of Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. mindanaoensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
(Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum mindanaoensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
  • Murex mindinaoensis Sowerby II, 1841 (original combination)
  • Murex serratospinosus Dunker, 1883

Description

The size of the shell varies between 59 mm and 114 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References
  1. Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (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.
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