Vokesimurex kiiensis
| Vokesimurex kiiensis | |
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| A shell of Vokesimurex kiiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. kiiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959)[1] | |
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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]
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 species is present from Southern Japan to Queensland, Australia, at depth of about 100 m.[4][6]
References
- ↑ Kira, T. (1955) Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, 204 pp.
- 1 2 Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of life
- 1 2 Gastropods
- ↑ R. Houart, V. Heros Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga Pages 1 - 44
- ↑ WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp
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