Vokesimurex anniae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Vokesimurex anniae
Shell of Vokesimurex anniae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. anniae
Binomial name
Vokesimurex anniae
(M. Smith, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Murex anniae M. Smith, 1940 superseded combination
  • Murex lindajoycae Petuch, 1987
  • Vokesimurex anniae anniae (M. Smith, 1940)
  • Vokesimurex lindajoycae (Petuch, 1987) ·

Description

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A fossil species from the Calabrian Pleistocene Bermont Formation of southern Florida.

The length of the shell varies between 27.6 mm and 97 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the East China Sea.

References

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  • Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • 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.
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2017). Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l'expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy. 15: 29-38
  • García, E. F. (2023). Species of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea) dredged in the Gulf of Mexico by the R/V Pelican, and the synonymy of two well-known names. Novapex. 24(1): 21–32.
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