Vokesimurex mindanaoensis

Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
Shell of Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (museum specimen 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. mindanaoensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
(Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum mindanaoensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
  • 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

External links

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