Vokesimurex hirasei
Vokesimurex hirasei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Vokesimurex hirasei | |
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| Shell of Vokesimurex hirasei (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. hirasei |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex hirasei (Dautzenberg, 1915) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 126 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, in the East China Sea, off Taiwan and off Japan; also off Fiji, the Tonga Islands and New Caledonia.
References
- Vokesimurex hirasei (Hirase, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Hirase Y. (1914-1915). The illustrations of a thousand shells. Part 1 (1914), Parts 2‑3, (1915).
- Houart, R. & Héros, V., 2008. Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196: 437-480
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
- Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
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