Vokesimurex sallasi
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| image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex sallasi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| taxon = Vokesimurex sallasi
| authority = (Rehder & Abbott, 1951)
| synonyms =
- Haustellum bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963)
- Murex anniae bellegladeensis Vokes, 1963 (original combination)
- † Murex bellegladeensis E. H. Vokes, 1963
- Murex bellegladensis [sic] (misspelling)
- Murex sallasi Rehder & Abbott, 1951
- Murex (Murex) recurvirostris sallasi Rehder & Abbott, 1951
- Vokesimurex anniae bellegladeensis (Vokes, 1963)
- Vokesimurex morrisoni Petuch & Sargent, 2011
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Vokesimurex sallasi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405229|Vokesimurex sallasi (Rehder & Abbott, 1951)||25 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 38.7 mm and 58 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the South China Sea.
References
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- Rehder H.A. & Abbott R.T. (1951). Some new and interesting mollusks from the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica "Carlos de la Torre". 8(2): 53-66, pls 8-9. page(s): 58, pl. 9 figs 7-8
- Vokes, E.H. (1963). Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part I - Murex sensu stricto. Tulane Studies in Geology. 1(3): 95-123
- Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (2011) Rare and unusual shells of the Florida Keys and adjacent areas. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 158 pp.
External links
- [http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1951
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