Vokesimurex garciai

Vokesimurex garciai
Shell of Vokesimurex garciai (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. garciai
Binomial name
Vokesimurex garciai
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms
  • Haustellum messorius garciai E.J. Petuch, 1987
  • Murex garciai Petuch, 1987
  • Vokesimurex woodringi garciai (E.J. Petuch, 1987)

Vokesimurex garciai 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 69 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Morrosquillo at a depth of 35 m.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vokesimurex garciai (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596510 on 2023-06-21
  • Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl
  • 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


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