Vokesimurex recurvirostris
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| taxon = Vokesimurex recurvirostris
| authority = (Broderip, 1833)
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- Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris recurvirostris Broderip, W.J., 1833
- Murex nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 ·
- Murex (Murex) recurvirostris Broderip, 1833
- Murex recurvirostris Broderip, 1833
- Murex recurvirostris nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 junior subjective synonym
- Murex recurvirostrus Broderip, 1833 (basionym) (misspelling)
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Vokesimurex recurvirostris, common name : the bent-beak murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405226|Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (Broderip, 1833)||22 December 2010}}
Description
The shell size varies between 36 mm and 88 mm
This is a comparatively small species, rarely exceeding two inches (5.08 cm) in length. The varices are thick, plait-like and tuberculated by the crossing of elevated lines which also cut the three inter-variceal ribs into tubercles. These tubercles are sometimes developed into short spines, one on the upper part of each varix, and there are also one or two on each varix below the aperture. The color varies from whitish to livid with two or three broad brown bands which are most visible 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] {{PD-notice}}
Distribution
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/26730700 Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33]
- [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=2|id=2902|title=Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris recurvirostris|access-date=22 December 2010}}
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