Vokesimurex woodringi

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Vokesimurex woodringi
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Shell of Vokesimurex woodringi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. woodringi
Binomial name
Vokesimurex woodringi
(Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
Synonyms [1]
  • Murex woodringiClench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murex woodringi var. gustaviensisNowell-Usticke, 1969

Vokesimurex woodringi, common name Woodring's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea. (Panama, Belize, Grenadines).

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