Vokesimurex chrysostoma, common name the gold-mouthed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Vokesimurex chrysostoma | |
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| Two shells of Vokesimurex chrysostoma (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. chrysostoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex chrysostoma (Sowerby II, 1834)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex bellus Reeve, 1845 | |
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 80 mm.
In general appearance not unlike Siratus motacilla (Gmelin, 1791), this species presents the following distinctive characters, which appear to be permanent: it is larger, stouter, the siphonal canal is proportionally shorter and straight or but little turned to the right. There are one or two spur-like spines on the varices at the lower part of the aperture: generally on the left-hand varix and sometimes on the back varix, but very seldom on the right hand or lip varix. The lips of the aperture are tinged with more or less brilliant orange color.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs from the southern part of the Caribbean Sea to Brazil.
References
edit- ^ a b Vokesimurex chrysostoma (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- 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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- Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- "Vokesimurex chrysostoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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