Vokesimurex sallasi

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| image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex sallasi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)

| taxon = Vokesimurex sallasi

| authority = (Rehder & Abbott, 1951)

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  • 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.