Biology:Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Species: | V. mindanaoensis
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| Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (Sowerby II, 1841)
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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]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 59 mm and 114 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
External links
- "Vokesimurex mindanaoensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_1142.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q7939919 entry
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