Vokesimurex hamanni

Vokesimurex hamanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. hamanni
Binomial name
Vokesimurex hamanni
(Myers & Hertz, 1994)
Synonyms[1]

Bolinus hamanni Myers & Hertz, 1994

Vokesimurex hamanni 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 64.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Venezuela. Specifically the Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone.

References

  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex hamanni (Myers & Hertz, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • 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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