Biology:Vokesimurex elenensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Vokesimurex elenensis
Vokesimurex elenensis 001.jpg
Two shells of Vokesimurex elenensis (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Vokesimurex
Species:
V. elenensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex elenensis
(Dall, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum elenense (Dall, 1909)
  • Haustellum elenensis [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Murex elenensis Dall, 1909
  • Murex plicatus Sowerby, 1834

Vokesimurex elenensis, common name the (Santa) Elena 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 40 mm and 105 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico, to Peru

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vokesimurex elenensis (Dall, 1909). 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7939909 entry





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