Vokesimurex lividus

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

Vokesimurex lividus
Shell of Vokesimurex lividus (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. lividus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex lividus
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Haustellum recurvirostris lividus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
  • Murex lividus Carpenter, 1857 (basionym)
  • Murex recurvirostris var. lividus P. P. Carpenter, 1857

Description

The length of the shell varies between 47 mm and 66 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California and Panama.

References
  1. Vokesimurex lividus (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 March 2012.
  • Carpenter, P. P. 1857. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum: Collected by Frederick Reigen, Described by Philip P. Carpenter. 552 pp.
  • 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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