Biology:Vokesimurex malabaricus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Vokesimurex malabaricus (museum specimen Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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| Species: | V. malabaricus
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| Vokesimurex malabaricus (E. A. Smith, 1894)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vokesimurex malabaricus (E. A. Smith, 1894). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2011.
External links
- Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1–160.
- "Haustellum (Vokesimurex) malabaricus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_2900.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q303978 entry
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