Vokesimurex chrysostoma

Vokesimurex chrysostoma, common name the gold-mouthed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Vokesimurex chrysostoma
Two shells of Vokesimurex chrysostoma (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. chrysostoma
Binomial name
Vokesimurex chrysostoma
(Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Murex bellus Reeve, 1845
Murex chrysostoma Sowerby, 1834
Murex variegatum sensu Martini Mørch, 1852

Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the southern part of the Caribbean Sea to Brasil.

References
  1. Vokesimurex chrysostoma (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • "Vokesimurex chrysostoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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