Vokesimurex elenensis

Vokesimurex elenensis
Two shells of Vokesimurex elenensis (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species: V. elenensis
Binomial name
Vokesimurex elenensis
(Dall, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haustellum elenense (Dall, 1909)
  • Haustellum elenensis [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Murex elenensis Dall, 1909
  • Murex plicatus Sowerby, 1834

Vokesimurex elenensis, common name the (Santa) Elena murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 105 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico, to Peru


References

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