Vokesimurex blakeanus

Vokesimurex blakeanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. blakeanus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex blakeanus (Vokes, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
Murex blakeanus Vokes, 1967

Vokesimurex blakeanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 36.9 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Colombia.

References

1. Vokesimurex blakeanus (Vokes, 1967). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
• Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.