Vokesimurex bobyini
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. bobyini
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| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex bobyini (Kosuge, 1983)
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Vokesimurex bobyini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 61 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b Vokesimurex bobyini (Kosuge, 1983). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Kosuge, S. (1983). Description of a new species of the genus Murex from Philippines (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 1 (9): 135-136, pl. 47.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
- Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.