Vokesimurex cabritii

Vokesimurex cabritii
Shell of Vokesimurex cabritii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. cabritii
Binomial name
Vokesimurex cabritii (Bernardi, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
Haustellum cabritii (Bernardi, 1859) Murex cabritii Bernardi, 1859

Vokesimurex cabritii, common name Cabrit's murex, 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 varies between 39.5 mm and 66 mm.

The short, thick-set spines extend over the siphonal canal.^[2]

This is a fine species, of which the adults are a fine uniform pink, or pinkish white, with no dots or other color markings whatever. They may be luxuriantly spinous, or nearly destitute of spines.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

1. Vokesimurex cabritii (Bernardi, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
3. Dall, W. H. 1889b. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• 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.

External links

• Bernardi, (A.C.). (1859). Description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 7(3): 301-303