Vokesimurex rubidus

Vokesimurex rubidus
Vokesimurex rubidus
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. rubidus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex rubidus
(F. C. Baker, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris rubidus Baker, F.C., 1897
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) rubidum (Baker, F.C., 1897)
  • Murex marcoensis Sowerby, 1900
  • Murex messorius var. rubidum F. C. Baker, 1897 (basionym)
  • Murex recurvirostris var. citrinus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex recurvirostris var. delicatus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex rubidus F.C. Baker, 1897
  • Murex rubidus panamicus Petuch, 1990

Vokesimurex rubidus, common name : the rose 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

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, along Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Bahamas.

References

  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405227 on 25 April 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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