Vokesimurex kiiensis
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Superfamily: | Muricoidea
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Species: | V. kiiensis
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Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959)[1]
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Vokesimurex kiiensis, common name Kii Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description[]
Shell of Vokesimurex kiiensis can reach a length of 50–100 millimetres (2.0–3.9 in).[3][4] This species has a conical, multispiral protoconch, short shoulder spines and short, crowded, blunt spines at the base of the siphonal canal.[5]
Distribution[]
This species is present from Southern Japan to Queensland, Australia, at depth of about 100 m.[4][6]
References[]
- ^ Kira, T. (1955) Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, 204 pp.
- ^ a b Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Encyclopedia of life
- ^ a b "Vokesimurex kiiensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ R. Houart, V. Heros Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga pp. 1–44
- ^ WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp
Categories:
- Muricidae
- Gastropods described in 1959
- Muricidae stubs