Vokesimurex kiiensis

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Vokesimurex kiiensis
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A shell of Vokesimurex kiiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. kiiensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex kiiensis
(Kira, 1959) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Haustellum kiiensis(Kira, 1959)
  • Murex kiiensisKira, 1959
  • Murex kiiensis f. nagaidesuShikama, 1970

Vokesimurex kiiensis, common name Kii murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [2]

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Description

Shell of Vokesimurex kiiensis can reach a length of 50–100 millimetres (2.0–3.9 in). [3] [4] This species has a conical, multispiral protoconch, short shoulder spines and short, crowded, blunt spines at the base of the siphonal canal. [5]

Distribution

This marine species is present from the Philippines, Indonesia and the East China Sea; from Southern Japan, the Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea to Queensland, Australia, at depth of about 100 m.; [4] [6] also off Madagascar.

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References

  1. ↑ Kira, T. (1955) Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, 204 pp.
  2. 1 2 Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of life
  4. 1 2 "Vokesimurex kiiensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ↑ R. Houart, V. Heros Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga pp. 1–44
  6. ↑ WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base


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