Vokesimurex multiplicatus

Vokesimurex multiplicatus
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. multiplicatus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex multiplicatus
(Sowerby, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Haustellum multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895)
  • Murex eximius Brazier, 1877 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex eximius Bellardi, 1872)
  • Murex multiplicatus G.B. Sowerby III, 1895 (basionym)

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

There are two subspecies:

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs mainly off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), but has also been found off Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Java.

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