Vokesimurex gallinago

Vokesimurex gallinago
Five views of a shell of Vokesimurex gallinago gallinago (Sowerby, 1903)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species: V. gallinago
Binomial name
Vokesimurex gallinago
(Sowerby, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Haustellum gallinago fernandesi Houart, 1990 (original combination)
  • Murex gallinago G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (original combination)
  • Murex rectirostris senkakuensis Shikama, 1973
  • Murex senkakuensis Shikama, 1973
  • Siratus gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Vokesimurex gallinago fernandesi (Houart, 1990) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Vokesimurex gallinago gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) · accepted, alternate representation

Vokesimurex gallinago, common name the hen 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 40 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This Indo-Pacific marine species occurs from Mozambique to Southeast Asia and Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 Vokesimurex gallinago (Sowerby III, 1903).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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