Biology:Vokesimurex rectirostris
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Vokesimurex rectirostris, common name : the erect-spined murex, 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 varies between 33 mm and 80 mm.
Distribution
This marine species can be found along Southwest Japan and Vietnam.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vokesimurex rectirostris (Sowerby, 1841). 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) rectirostris" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_2891.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q7939921 entry
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