Vokesimurex multiplicatus | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex multiplicatus (original drawing) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. multiplicatus |
Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby, 1895) | |
Synonyms | |
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Vokesimurex multiplicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
There are two subspecies:
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.
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This marine species occurs mainly off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), but has also been found off Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Java.
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