Vokesimurex rubidus
Appearance
Vokesimurex rubidus | |
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Three shells of Vokesimurex rubidus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. rubidus
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Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 68 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, the Bahamas and Brasil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
- 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
- Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
External links
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- Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). Descriptions of two new species of shells: Murex marcoensis and Cassis booleyi. The Journal of Malacology. 7(7): 162-163
- Petuch, E. J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Nautilus. 104(2): 57-71
- Smith, M. (1940). New Recent and fossil molluscs from Florida. The Nautilus. 54(2): 44-46, pl. 2, figs. 1-3, 8
- "Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.