Vokesimurex woodringi
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| image = Vokesimurex woodringi 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Vokesimurex woodringi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
| genus = Vokesimurex
| species = woodringi
| authority = (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
| synonyms =
- Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
- Murex woodringi var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969
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Vokesimurex woodringi, common name Woodring's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405235|Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)||25 April 2010}} The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea. (Panama, Belize, Grenadines).
References
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- Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls.
- 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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- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=1885|title=Vokesimurex woodringi|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1945
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