Vokesimurex bayeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Vokesimurex bayeri | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex bayeri (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. bayeri
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Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex bayeri Petuch, 2001
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Morrosquillo at a depth of 35 m.
References
edit- ^ Vokesimurex bayeri Petuch, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Petuch, E. J. 2001. Bull. Biol. Soc. Wash. 10: 337, figure 1H-1I.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
- Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp