Vokesimurex garciai
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| image = Vokesimurex garciai 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex garciai (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| taxon = Vokesimurex garciai
| authority = (Petuch, 1987)
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| synonyms =
- Haustellum messorius garciai E.J. Petuch, 1987
- Murex garciai Petuch, 1987
- Vokesimurex woodringi garciai (E.J. Petuch, 1987)
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Vokesimurex garciai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vokesimurex garciai (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596510 on 2023-06-21
Description
The length of the shell attains 69 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Morrosquillo at a depth of 35 m.
References
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- Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl
- 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
- [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=image&tid=596510&pic=134964 WoRMS: image]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1987
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