Vokesimurex kiiensis

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]

Vokesimurex kiiensis
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]
Synonyms[2]
  • Murex kiiensis Kira, 1959
  • Murex kiiensis f. nagaidesu Shikama, 1970

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
  1. Kira, T. (1955) Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, 204 pp.
  2. Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Encyclopedia of life
  4. "Vokesimurex kiiensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. R. Houart, V. Heros Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga pp. 1–44
  6. 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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