Vokesimurex samui
| Vokesimurex samui | |
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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. samui
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| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex samui (Petuch, 1987)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex samui Petuch, 1987 | |
Vokesimurex samui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Original description: "Shell large, inflated, with bulbous body whorl; 3 varices per whorl; body whorl and varices ornamented with 20 raised, spiral cords; cords on varices become rib-like, often ending in small, scale-like spine; varix with 3 large spines, 1 at shoulder, 1 at mid-body, and 1 at base; short, stubby secondary spines between 3 large spines on some varices; shoulders of spire varices with 1 large projecting spine; siphonal canal with 1 large spine near top, several smaller scale-like spines below; end of siphonal canal smooth; columellar region with large, erect parietal shield that does not adhere to body of shell; aperture very large and flaring, round in shape; shell color uniformly pure white (holotype with some patches of rust stains); intervarical regions with 3 weak, knobbed axial ribs."[2]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Monkey River, Belize."[2]
References
- ^ a b Vokesimurex samui (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ a b Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 67. Publ: CERF
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