Vokesimurex

Vokesimurex
Shell of Vokesimurex malabaricus (museum specimen: Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex Petuch, 1994
Type species
Murex messorius Sowerby II, 1841

Vokesimurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Vokesimurex include:

• Vokesimurex aliquantulus Houart & Héros, 2015
• Vokesimurex anniae (M. Smith, 1940)^[2]
• Vokesimurex bayeri Petuch, 2001^[3]
• Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963)^[4]
• Vokesimurex blakeanus (Vokes, 1967)^[5]
• Vokesimurex bobyini (Kosuge, 1983)^[6]
• Vokesimurex cabritii (Bernardi, 1859)^[7]
• Vokesimurex chrysostoma (Sowerby, 1834)^[8]
• Vokesimurex danilai (Houart, 1992)^[9]
• Vokesimurex dentifer (Watson, 1883)^[10]
• Vokesimurex dolichourus (Ponder & Vokes, 1988)^[11]
• Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964)^[12]
• Vokesimurex elenensis (Dall, 1909)^[13]
• Vokesimurex gallinago (Sowerby, 1903)^[14]
• Vokesimurex garciai (Petuch, 1987)
• Vokesimurex hamanni (Myers & Hertz, 1994)^[15]
• Vokesimurex hirasei (Hirase, 1915)^[16]
• Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959)^[17]
• Vokesimurex lividus (Carpenter, 1857)^[18]
• Vokesimurex malabaricus (E. A. Smith, 1894)^[19]
• Vokesimurex messorius (Sowerby, 1841)^[20]
• Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (Sowerby, 1841)^[21]
• Vokesimurex multiplicatus (Sowerby, 1895)^[22]
• Vokesimurex olssoni (Vokes, 1967)^[23]
• Vokesimurex purdyae (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)^[24]
• Vokesimurex rectaspira Houart & Héros, 2015
• Vokesimurex rectirostris (Sowerby, 1841)^[25]
• Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (Broderip, 1833)^[26]
• Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897)^[27]
• Vokesimurex ruthae (Vokes, 1988)^[28]
• Vokesimurex sallasi (Rehder & Abbott, 1951)^[29]
• Vokesimurex samui (Petuch, 1987)^[30]
• Vokesimurex sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863)^[31]
• Vokesimurex tricoronis (Berry, 1960)^[32]
• Vokesimurex tryoni (Hidalgo in Tryon, 1880)^[33]
• Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)^[34]
• Vokesimurex yuhsiuae Houart, 2014

Species brought into synonymy

• Vokesimurex bellus (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
• Vokesimurex coriolis (Houart, 1990): synonym of Vokesimurex dentifer coriolis (Houart, 1990) represented as Vokesimurex dentifer (Watson, 1883)
• Vokesimurex lindajoycae (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Vokesimurex anniae (M. Smith, 1940)
• Vokesimurex morrisoni Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963)
• Vokesimurex tweedianus (Macpherson, 1962): synonym of Haustellum tweedianum (Macpherson, 1962)

References

1. Vokesimurex Petuch, 1994.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 March 2012.
2. Vokesimurex anniae (M. Smith, 1940).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Vokesimurex bayeri Petuch, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Vokesimurex blakeanus (Vokes, 1967).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Vokesimurex bobyini (Kosuge, 1983).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. Vokesimurex cabritii (Bernardi, 1859).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
8. Vokesimurex chrysostoma (Sowerby, 1834).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
9. Vokesimurex danilai (Houart, 1992).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
10. Vokesimurex dentifer (Watson, 1883).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
11. Vokesimurex dolichourus (Ponder & Vokes, 1988).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
12. Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
13. Vokesimurex elenensis (Dall, 1909).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
14. Vokesimurex gallinago (Sowerby, 1903).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
15. Vokesimurex hamanni (Myers & Hertz, 1994).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
16. Vokesimurex hirasei (Hirase, 1915).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
17. Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
18. Vokesimurex lividus (Carpenter, 1857).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
19. Vokesimurex malabaricum (E. A. Smith, 1894).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
20. Vokesimurex messorius (Sowerby, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
21. Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (Sowerby, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
22. Vokesimurex multiplicatus (Sowerby, 1895).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
23. Vokesimurex olssoni (Vokes, 1967).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
24. Vokesimurex purdyae (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
25. Vokesimurex rectirostrum (Sowerby, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
26. Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (Broderip, 1833).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
27. Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
28. Vokesimurex ruthae (Vokes, 1988).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
29. Vokesimurex sallasi (Rehder & Abbott, 1951).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
30. Vokesimurex samui (Petuch, 1987).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
31. Vokesimurex sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
32. Vokesimurex tricoronis (Berry, 1960).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
33. Vokesimurex tryoni (Hidalgo in Tryon, 1880).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
34. Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

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