Vokesimurex olssoni | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex olssoni (fossil specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. olssoni
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Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex olssoni (Vokes, 1967)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Murex olssoni Vokes, 1967 |
Vokesimurex olssoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 25.7 mm and 62 mm.
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.
Fossils of this species were found in Pleistocene strata in Costa Rica.