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Vokesimurex bayeri

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Vokesimurex bayeri
Shell of Vokesimurex bayeri (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. bayeri
Binomial name
Vokesimurex bayeri
Petuch, 2001

Vokesimurex bayeri 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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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Morrosquillo at a depth of 35 m.

References

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  1. ^ Vokesimurex bayeri Petuch, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Petuch, E. J. 2001. Bull. Biol. Soc. Wash. 10: 337, figure 1H-1I.
  • 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