Vokesimurex gallinago

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Vokesimurex gallinago
Vokesimurex gallinago gallinago 01.JPG
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. ^ a b Vokesimurex gallinago (Sowerby III, 1903). 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.

External links[]

  • "Vokesimurex gallinago gallinago". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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