Vokesimurex messorius

Vokesimurex messorius
Two views of a shell of Vokesimurex messorius (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. messorius
Binomial name
Vokesimurex messorius
(Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex funiculatus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex messorius Sowerby II, 1841
  • Murex messorius gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Murex nigrescens Sowerby II, 1841

Vokesimurex messorius, common name the Mesorius 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 48 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras to Suriname and St Lucia.

References

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