Vokesimurex cabritii

Vokesimurex cabritii, common name Cabrit's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Vokesimurex cabritii
Shell of Vokesimurex cabritii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. cabritii
Binomial name
Vokesimurex cabritii (Bernardi, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
Haustellum cabritii (Bernardi, 1859) Murex cabritii Bernardi, 1859

Description

The length of the shell varies between 39.5 mm and 66 mm.

The short, thick-set spines extend over the siphonal canal.^[2]

This is a fine species, of which the adults are a fine uniform pink, or pinkish white, with no dots or other color markings whatever. They may be luxuriantly spinous, or nearly destitute of spines.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.