Vokesimurex samui
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| genus = Vokesimurex
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Vokesimurex samui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405230|Vokesimurex samui (Petuch, 1987)||25 April 2010}}
Description
Original description: "Shell large, inflated, with bulbous body whorl; 3 varices per whorl; body whorl and varices ornamented with 20 raised, spiral cords; cords on varices become rib-like, often ending in small, scale-like spine; varix with 3 large spines, 1 at shoulder, 1 at mid-body, and 1 at base; short, stubby secondary spines between 3 large spines on some varices; shoulders of spire varices with 1 large projecting spine; siphonal canal with 1 large spine near top, several smaller scale-like spines below; end of siphonal canal smooth; columellar region with large, erect parietal shield that does not adhere to body of shell; aperture very large and flaring, round in shape; shell color uniformly pure white (holotype with some patches of rust stains); intervarical regions with 3 weak, knobbed axial ribs."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 67. Publ: CERF
Distribution
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External links
- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id386300/ Biolib.cz: image]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1987
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