Vokesimurex elenensis

Vokesimurex elenensis, common name the (Santa) Elena murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Vokesimurex elenensis
Two shells of Vokesimurex elenensis (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. elenensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex elenensis
(Dall, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum elenense (Dall, 1909)
  • Haustellum elenensis [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Murex elenensis Dall, 1909
  • Murex plicatus Sowerby, 1834

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 105 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico, to Peru

References
  1. Vokesimurex elenensis (Dall, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • "Vokesimurex elenensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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