Vokesimurex ruthae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Vokesimurex ruthae | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex ruthae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. ruthae
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Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex ruthae (Vokes, 1988)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Murex (Haustellum) ruthae Vokes, 1988 |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 69.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of California.
References
edit- ^ a b Vokesimurex ruthae (Vokes, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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.