Vokesimurex sobrinus
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| Shell of Vokesimurex sobrinus (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. sobrinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863)
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Vokesimurex sobrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 37 mm and 77 mm.
The ovate shell has an acute spire. It contains seven convex whorls. These are longitudinally nodosely plicate and transversely lirate with three varices. The shell is very spiny, with two sharp hooked spines. The aperture is almost round. The siphonal canal is straight, closed and very produced. It is spiny at the base. There are two red-brown bands on the body whorl, and the end of the long straight beak is variegated with the same colour.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan, Korea and China.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vokesimurex sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Adams, A. (1863). On the species of Muricinae found in Japan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1862) 30: 370-376
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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
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- "Vokesimurex sobrinus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.