Vokesimurex chrysostoma
| Vokesimurex chrysostoma | |
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| Two shells of Vokesimurex chrysostoma (museum specimens at 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 |
| Species: | V. chrysostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex chrysostoma (Sowerby II, 1834) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex bellus Reeve, 1845 | |
Vokesimurex chrysostoma, common name the gold-mouthed 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 35 mm and 80 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from the southern part of the Caribbean Sea to Brasil.
References
- 1 2 Vokesimurex chrysostoma (Sowerby, 1834). 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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