Vokesimurex multiplicatus

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

Vokesimurex multiplicatus
Shell of Vokesimurex multiplicatus (original drawing)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. multiplicatus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex multiplicatus
(G.B. Sowerby, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Haustellum multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895)
  • Murex multiplicatus G.B. Sowerby III, 1895 (basionym)

There are two subspecies:

  • Vokesimurex multiplicatus bantamensis (Martin, 1895) (synonyms: Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis (Martin, 1895); Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis var. oostinghi Wissema, 1947; Murex bantamensis Martin, 1895)
  • Vokesimurex multiplicatus darraghi (Ludbrook, 1978)
  • Vokesimurex multiplicatus multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895): common name: multiplicate snipe's bill, (synonym: † Murex embryoliratus P.J. Fischer, 1927; Murex eximius Brazier, 1877 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex eximius Bellardi, 1872) )

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs mainly off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), but has also been found off Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Java.

References

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  • Brazier, J. 1877. List of marine shells, with descriptions of the new species collected during the 'Chevert' Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3): 169–181
  • Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum 8: 1–160
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
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  • Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1895. Descriptions of nine new species of shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(5): 214–217
  • Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1–160
  • "Vokesimurex multiplicatus multiplicatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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