Vokesimurex rubidus

Vokesimurex rubidus
	Three shells of Vokesimurex rubidus (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. rubidus
Binomial name
	Vokesimurex rubidus; (F. C. Baker, 1897)
Synonyms
	Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris rubidus Baker, F.C., 1897; Haustellum (Vokesimurex) rubidum (Baker, F.C., 1897); Murex citrinus M. Smith, 1940; Murex cracherodi G. B. Sowerby II, 1879; Murex delicatus M. Smith, 1940; Murex marcoensis Sowerby, 1900; Murex messorius var. rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 (basionym); Murex panamicus Petuch, 1990; Murex recurvirostris rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897; Murex recurvirostris var. citrinus M. Smith, 1940; Murex recurvirostris var. delicatus M. Smith, 1940; Murex rubidus F.C. Baker, 1897; Murex rubidus panamicus Petuch, 1990; Vokesimurex rubidus panamicus (Petuch, 1990); Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897);

Vokesimurex rubidus, common name : the rose murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, the Bahamas and Brasil.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texasµ* Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links[]

"Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

This Muricidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[WoRMS-1] Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[1]

Vokesimurex rubidus

Three shells of Vokesimurex rubidus (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. rubidus
Binomial name
*Vokesimurex rubidus* (F. C. Baker, 1897)
Synonyms^[1]
Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris rubidus Baker, F.C., 1897 Haustellum (Vokesimurex) rubidum (Baker, F.C., 1897) Murex citrinus M. Smith, 1940 Murex cracherodi G. B. Sowerby II, 1879 Murex delicatus M. Smith, 1940 Murex marcoensis Sowerby, 1900 Murex messorius var. rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 (basionym) Murex panamicus Petuch, 1990 Murex recurvirostris rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 Murex recurvirostris var. citrinus M. Smith, 1940 Murex recurvirostris var. delicatus M. Smith, 1940 Murex rubidus F.C. Baker, 1897 Murex rubidus panamicus Petuch, 1990 Vokesimurex rubidus panamicus (Petuch, 1990) Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897)