Biology:Vokesimurex messorius

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Vokesimurex messorius
Vokesimurex messorius 001.jpg
Two views of a shell of Vokesimurex messorius (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. messorius
Binomial name
Vokesimurex messorius
(Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex funiculatus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex messorius Sowerby II, 1841
  • Murex messorius gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Murex nigrescens Sowerby II, 1841

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. ↑ 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7939915 entry





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