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Vokesimurex woodringi

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Vokesimurex woodringi
Shell of Vokesimurex woodringi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murex woodringi var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969

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.

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea. (Panama, Belize, Grenadines).

References

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  • 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.
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  • "Vokesimurex woodringi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.