| Vokesimurex woodringi | |
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| Shell of Vokesimurex woodringi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. woodringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) | |
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Vokesimurex woodringi, common name Woodring's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea. (Panama, Belize, Grenadines).
References
- 1 2 Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls.
- 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.
External links
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- "Vokesimurex woodringi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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