Vokesimurex elenensis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Vokesimurex elenensis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Two shells of Vokesimurex elenensis (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
| genus = Vokesimurex
| species = elenensis
| authority = (Dall, 1909)
| synonyms =
- Haustellum elenense (Dall, 1909)
- Haustellum elenensis [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
- Murex elenensis Dall, 1909
- Murex plicatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791; M. elenensis is a replacement name)
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Vokesimurex elenensis, common name the (Santa) Elena murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405206|Vokesimurex elenensis (Dall, 1909)||25 April 2010}}
Description
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 105 mm.
(Described as Murex plicatus) The shell is thick and heavy, the spines are obtuse, short on the whorls and long on the siphonal canal. The color is purplish white, darker within the aperture.[http://ia700306.us.archive.org/32/items/manualofconcholo2tryo/manualofconcholo2tryo.pdf G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico, to Peru
References
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- 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.
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556390 Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 37 (1704): 147–294, 9 pls]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863 Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published.]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=2903|title=Vokesimurex elenensis|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1909
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