Vokesimurex lividus

Vokesimurex lividus
Shell of Vokesimurex lividus (syntype 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. lividus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex lividus
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Haustellum recurvirostris lividus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
  • Murex lividus Carpenter, 1857 (basionym)
  • Murex recurvirostris var. lividus P. P. Carpenter, 1857

Vokesimurex lividus 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 varies between 47 mm and 66 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California and Panama.

References

  1. ^ Vokesimurex lividus (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 March 2012.
  • Carpenter, P. P. 1857. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum: Collected by Frederick Reigen, Described by Philip P. Carpenter. 552 pp.
  • 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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