Vokesimurex recurvirostrum

Vokesimurex recurvirostrum
Two shells of Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. recurvirostrum
Binomial name
Vokesimurex recurvirostrum
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex recurvirostris Broderip, 1833
  • Murex recurvirostrus Broderip, 1833 (basionym)
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris recurvirostris Broderip, W.J., 1833

Vokesimurex recurvirostrum, common name : the bent-beak murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 36 mm and 88 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico and Ecuador.

References

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