Vokesimurex dolichourus

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

Vokesimurex dolichourus
Shell of Vokesimurex dolichourus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. dolichourus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex dolichourus (Ponder & Vokes, 1988)
Synonyms[1]
Haustellum dolichourus Ponder & Vokes, 1988

Description

The length of the shell varies between 49 mm and 74 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from Oman and Madagascar to Vanuatu; also off Australia (Queensland).