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Vokesimurex rubidus

Summary

Vokesimurex rubidus, common name : the rose murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Vokesimurex rubidus
Three shells of Vokesimurex rubidus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. rubidus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex rubidus
(F. C. Baker, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris rubidus Baker, F.C., 1897
  • Haustellum (Vokesimurex) rubidum (Baker, F.C., 1897)
  • Murex citrinus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex cracherodi G. B. Sowerby II, 1879 (nomen nudum)
  • Murex delicatus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex marcoensis Sowerby, 1900
  • Murex messorius var. rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 (basionym)
  • Murex panamicus Petuch, 1990
  • Murex recurvirostris rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897
  • Murex recurvirostris var. citrinus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex recurvirostris var. delicatus M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex rubidus F.C. Baker, 1897
  • Murex rubidus panamicus Petuch, 1990
  • Vokesimurex rubidus panamicus (Petuch, 1990)
  • Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897)

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 68 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, the Bahamas and Brasil.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texasµ* Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

External links edit

 
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  • Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). Descriptions of two new species of shells: Murex marcoensis and Cassis booleyi. The Journal of Malacology. 7(7): 162-163
  • Petuch, E. J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Nautilus. 104(2): 57-71
  • Smith, M. (1940). New Recent and fossil molluscs from Florida. The Nautilus. 54(2): 44-46, pl. 2, figs. 1-3, 8
  • "Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.