Vokesimurex multiplicatus

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Vokesimurex multiplicatus
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Shell of Vokesimurex multiplicatus (original drawing)
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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
  • Haustellum multiplicatus(G.B. Sowerby III, 1895)
  • Murex multiplicatusG.B. Sowerby III, 1895 (basionym)

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

Contents

There are two subspecies:

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

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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