Biology:Vokesimurex messorius
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Two views of a shell of Vokesimurex messorius (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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| Vokesimurex messorius (Sowerby II, 1841)
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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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
External links
- "Vokesimurex messorius" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_2904.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q7939915 entry
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