Biology:Vokesimurex rubidus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Vokesimurex rubidus
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Three shells of Vokesimurex rubidus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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V. rubidus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex rubidus
(F. C. Baker, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris rubidus Baker, F.C., 1897
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) rubidum (Baker, F.C., 1897)
  • Murex citrinus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex cracherodi G. B. Sowerby II, 1879
  • Murex delicatus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex marcoensis Sowerby, 1900
  • Murex messorius var. rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 (basionym)
  • Murex panamicus Petuch, 1990
  • Murex recurvirostris rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897
  • Murex recurvirostris var. citrinus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex recurvirostris var. delicatus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex rubidus F.C. Baker, 1897
  • Murex rubidus panamicus Petuch, 1990
  • Vokesimurex rubidus panamicus (Petuch, 1990)
  • Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897)

Vokesimurex rubidus, common name : the rose murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, the Bahamas and Brasil.

References

  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texasµ* Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7939922 entry