Vokesimurex hirasei

Shell of Vokesimurex hirasei (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. hirasei
Binomial name
*Vokesimurex hirasei* (Dautzenberg, 1915)
Synonyms^[1]
Haustellum hirasei (Dautzenberg, 1915) Murex hirasei Dautzenberg (ms) in Hirase, 1915

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 126 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, in the East China Sea, off Taiwan and off Japan; also off Fiji, the Tonga Islands and New Caledonia.

Hirase Y. (1914-1915). The illustrations of a thousand shells. Part 1 (1914), Parts 2‑3, (1915).
Houart, R. & Héros, V., 2008. Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196: 437-480
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.