Vokesimurex anniae

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

Vokesimurex anniae
Shell of Vokesimurex anniae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. anniae
Binomial name
Vokesimurex anniae (M. Smith, 1940)
Synonyms
† Murex anniae M. Smith, 1940 superseded combination Murex lindajoycae Petuch, 1987 Vokesimurex anniae anniae (M. Smith, 1940) Vokesimurex lindajoycae (Petuch, 1987) ·

Description

A fossil species from the Calabrian Pleistocene Bermont Formation of southern Florida.

The length of the shell varies between 27.6 mm and 97 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the East China Sea.