Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
A shell of Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. mindanaoensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum mindanaoensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
  • † Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis teschi Koperberg, 1931 ·
  • Murex mindinaoensis Sowerby II, 1841 (original combination)
  • Murex serratospinosus Dunker, 1883

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 59 mm and 114 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (Sowerby II, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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