Vokesimurex donmoorei

Vokesimurex donmoorei
Shell of Vokesimurex donmoorei (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. donmoorei
Binomial name
Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964)
Synonyms [1]
Murex (Murex) donmooreiBullis, 1964

Vokesimurex donmoorei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Description

This spiny species varies between 45 mm and 76 mm.

Distribution

Caribbean Sea, Colombia and North coast of South America (French Guyana).

References

1. Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.

• Bullis, H. R. (1964). Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the northeast coast of South America, with descriptions of four new species. Tulane Studies in Zoology. 11: 99-107.
• 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.