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Vokesimurex bobyini

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Vokesimurex bobyini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. bobyini
Binomial name
Vokesimurex bobyini
(Kosuge, 1983)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum bobyini (Kosuge, 1983) ·
  • Murex bobyini Kosuge, 1983

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 61 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b Vokesimurex bobyini (Kosuge, 1983). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Kosuge, S. (1983). Description of a new species of the genus Murex from Philippines (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 1 (9): 135-136, pl. 47.
  • 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.