Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
A shell of Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. mindanaoensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum mindanaoensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
  • † Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis teschi Koperberg, 1931 ·
  • Murex mindinaoensis Sowerby II, 1841 (original combination)
  • Murex serratospinosus Dunker, 1883

Vokesimurex mindanaoensis, common name the Mindanao murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 59 mm and 114 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

  • Koperberg, E. J., 1931. Jungtertiäre and Quartäre Mollusken von Timor. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, pp. xii + 165, plates I-III
  • 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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  • Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. Records of the Australian Museum. 8: 1-160
  • "Vokesimurex mindanaoensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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