Vokesimurex

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|image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex malabaricus (museum specimen: Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

|taxon = Vokesimurex

|authority = Petuch, 1994

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|type_species= Murex messorius Sowerby II, 1841

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Vokesimurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|395175|Vokesimurex Petuch, 1994||19 March 2012}}

Species

Species within the genus Vokesimurex include:

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963):{{WRMS species|419947|Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963)||25 April 2010}} synonym of Vokesimurex sallasi (Rehder & Abbott, 1951) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Vokesimurex bellus (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Vokesimurex coriolis (Houart, 1990): synonym of Vokesimurex dentifer coriolis (Houart, 1990) represented as Vokesimurex dentifer (Watson, 1883)
  • Vokesimurex lindajoycae (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Vokesimurex anniae (M. Smith, 1940)
  • Vokesimurex morrisoni Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963)
  • Vokesimurex tweedianus (Macpherson, 1962): synonym of Haustellum tweedianum (Macpherson, 1962)

References

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  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

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Category:Muricinae

Category:Gastropod genera

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