Vokesimurex woodringi
Vokesimurex woodringi, common name Woodring's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.
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| Shell of Vokesimurex woodringi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. woodringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea. (Panama, Belize, Grenadines).
References
- Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls.
- 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.
External links
- "Vokesimurex woodringi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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