Vokesimurex anniae
Shell of Vokesimurex anniae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. anniae
Binomial name
Vokesimurex anniae
(M. Smith, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Murex anniae M. Smith, 1940 superseded combination
  • Murex lindajoycae Petuch, 1987
  • Vokesimurex anniae anniae (M. Smith, 1940)
  • Vokesimurex lindajoycae (Petuch, 1987) ·

Vokesimurex anniae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

A fossil species from the Calabrian Pleistocene Bermont Formation of southern Florida.

The length of the shell varies between 27.6 mm and 97 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the East China Sea.

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