Vokesimurex dolichourus | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex dolichourus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. dolichourus |
Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex dolichourus (Ponder & Vokes, 1988) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Haustellum dolichourusPonder & Vokes, 1988 |
Vokesimurex dolichourus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 49 mm and 74 mm.
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