Vokesimurex garciai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Vokesimurex garciai (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. garciai
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| Vokesimurex garciai (Petuch, 1987)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 69 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Morrosquillo at a depth of 35 m.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vokesimurex garciai (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596510 on 2023-06-21
- Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl
- 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
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