Vokesimurex multiplicatus
Shell of Vokesimurex multiplicatus (original drawing)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. multiplicatus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex multiplicatus
(G.B. Sowerby, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Haustellum multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895)
  • Murex multiplicatus G.B. Sowerby III, 1895 (basionym)

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

There are two subspecies:

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs mainly off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), but has also been found off Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Java.

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