Vokesimurex hirasei
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| image = Vokesimurex hirasei 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex hirasei (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| taxon = Vokesimurex hirasei
| authority = (Dautzenberg, 1915)
| synonyms =
- Haustellum hirasei (Dautzenberg, 1915)
- Murex hirasei Dautzenberg (ms) in Hirase, 1915
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Vokesimurex hirasei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405211|Vokesimurex hirasei (Hirase, 1915)||25 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 126 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, in the East China Sea, off Taiwan and off Japan; also off Fiji, the Tonga Islands and New Caledonia.
References
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- Hirase Y. (1914-1915). The illustrations of a thousand shells. Part 1 (1914), Parts 2‑3, (1915).
- Houart, R. & Héros, V., 2008. Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196: 437-480
- 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 1915
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