Biology:Vokesimurex chrysostoma

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Vokesimurex chrysostoma
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Two shells of Vokesimurex chrysostoma (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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V. chrysostoma
Binomial name
Vokesimurex chrysostoma
(Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Murex bellus Reeve, 1845
Murex chrysostoma Sowerby, 1834
Murex variegatum sensu Martini Mørch, 1852

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the southern part of the Caribbean Sea to Brasil.

References

  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10832938 entry