Vokesimurex recurvirostrum
| Vokesimurex recurvirostrum | |
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| Two shells of Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. recurvirostrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (Broderip, 1833) | |
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Vokesimurex recurvirostrum, 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.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 36 mm and 88 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico and Ecuador.
References
- 1 2 Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
External links
- Gastropods.com : Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris recurvirostris; accessed : 22 December 2010
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