Vokesimurex rubidus

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.

Vokesimurex rubidus
Three shells of Vokesimurex rubidus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific 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
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

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

Distribution

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

References

• 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, Texas
• 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

• 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.