Vokesimurex recurvirostrum

Vokesimurex recurvirostrum
Vokesimurex recurvirostrum
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. recurvirostrum
Binomial name
Vokesimurex recurvirostrum
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex recurvirostris Broderip, 1833
  • Murex recurvirostrus Broderip, 1833 (basionym)
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris recurvirostris Broderip, W.J., 1833

Vokesimurex recurvirostrum, common name : the bent-beak murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 36 mm and 88 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Mexico and Ecuador.

References

  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (Broderip, 1833).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405226 on 22 December 2010.

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