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Vokesimurex multiplicatus

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| image = Vokesimurex multiplicatus 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex multiplicatus (original drawing)

| genus = Vokesimurex

| species = multiplicatus

| authority = (G.B. Sowerby, 1895)

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| synonyms =

  • Haustellum multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895)
  • Murex multiplicatus G.B. Sowerby III, 1895 (basionym)

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Vokesimurex multiplicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405219|Vokesimurex multiplicatus (Sowerby, 1895)||21 March 2012}}

There are two subspecies:

  • † Vokesimurex multiplicatus bantamensis (Martin, 1895) (synonyms: Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis (Martin, 1895); Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis var. oostinghi Wissema, 1947; Murex bantamensis Martin, 1895)
  • † Vokesimurex multiplicatus darraghi (Ludbrook, 1978)
  • Vokesimurex multiplicatus multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895): common name: multiplicate snipe's bill, (synonym: † Murex embryoliratus P.J. Fischer, 1927; Murex eximius Brazier, 1877 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex eximius Bellardi, 1872) )

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs mainly off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), but has also been found off Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Java.

References

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  • Brazier, J. 1877. List of marine shells, with descriptions of the new species collected during the 'Chevert' Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3): 169–181
  • Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum 8: 1–160
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp

External links

  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167517 Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1895. Descriptions of nine new species of shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(5): 214–217]
  • [http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-and-Vokes-1988-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-8-1160/ Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1–160]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=2889|title=Vokesimurex multiplicatus multiplicatus|access-date=16 January 2019}}
  • [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=image&tid=405219&pic=69191 WoRMS: image]

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Category:Gastropods described in 1895

multiplicatus

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