Biology:Vokesimurex gallinago

Short description: Species of gastropod

Vokesimurex gallinago
Five views of a shell of Vokesimurex gallinago gallinago (Sowerby, 1903)
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. gallinago
Binomial name
Vokesimurex gallinago (Sowerby, 1903)
Synonyms
Haustellum gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Haustellum gallinago fernandesi Houart, 1990 (original combination) Murex gallinago G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (original combination) Murex rectirostris senkakuensis Shikama, 1973 Murex senkakuensis Shikama, 1973 Siratus gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Vokesimurex gallinago fernandesi (Houart, 1990) · accepted, alternate representation Vokesimurex gallinago gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) · accepted, alternate representation

Vokesimurex gallinago, common name the hen murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This Indo-Pacific marine species occurs from Mozambique to Southeast Asia and Japan .

References

• Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links

• "Vokesimurex gallinago gallinago" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_2915.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7939910 entry