Vokesimurex sallasi

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

Vokesimurex sallasi
Shell of Vokesimurex sallasi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. sallasi
Binomial name
Vokesimurex sallasi (Rehder & Abbott, 1951)
Synonyms
Haustellum bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963) Murex anniae bellegladeensis Vokes, 1963 (original combination) † Murex bellegladeensis E. H. Vokes, 1963 Murex bellegladensis [sic] (misspelling) Murex sallasi Rehder & Abbott, 1951 Murex (Murex) recurvirostris sallasi Rehder & Abbott, 1951 Vokesimurex anniae bellegladeensis (Vokes, 1963) Vokesimurex morrisoni Petuch & Sargent, 2011

Description

The length of the shell varies between 38.7 mm and 58 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the South China Sea.

References

• Rehder H.A. & Abbott R.T. (1951). Some new and interesting mollusks from the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica "Carlos de la Torre". 8(2): 53-66, pls 8-9. page(s): 58, pl. 9 figs 7-8
• Vokes, E.H. (1963). Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part I - Murex sensu stricto. Tulane Studies in Geology. 1(3): 95-123
• Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (2011) Rare and unusual shells of the Florida Keys and adjacent areas. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 158 pp.

External links

• 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.