Vokesimurex olssoni | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex olssoni (fossil specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. olssoni |
Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex olssoni (Vokes, 1967) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Murex olssoniVokes, 1967 |
Vokesimurex olssoni 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 25.7 mm and 62 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.
Fossils of this species were found in Pleistocene strata in Costa Rica.
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