Vokesimurex donmoorei

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| image = Vokesimurex donmoorei 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex donmoorei (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

| genus = Vokesimurex

| species = donmoorei

| authority = (Bullis, 1964)

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| synonyms = Murex (Murex) donmoorei Bullis, 1964

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Vokesimurex donmoorei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405205|Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964)||25 April 2010}}

Description

This spiny species varies between 45 mm and 76 mm.

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Distribution

Caribbean Sea, Colombia and North coast of South America (French Guyana).

References

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  • Bullis, H. R. (1964). Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the northeast coast of South America, with descriptions of four new species. Tulane Studies in Zoology. 11: 99-107.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
  • 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:Gastropods described in 1964

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