Vokesimurex messorius

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Vokesimurex messorius
Vokesimurex messorius 001.jpg
Two views of a shell of Vokesimurex messorius (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. messorius
Binomial name
Vokesimurex messorius
(Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex funiculatus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex messorius Sowerby II, 1841
  • Murex messorius gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Murex nigrescens Sowerby II, 1841

Vokesimurex messorius, common name the Mesorius 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 48 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras to Suriname and St Lucia.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex messorius (Sowerby II, 1841). 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 messorius". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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