Vokesimurex hirasei
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vokesimurex hirasei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Vokesimurex hirasei | |
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| Shell of Vokesimurex hirasei (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. hirasei |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex hirasei (Dautzenberg, 1915) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 126 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, in the East China Sea, off Taiwan and off Japan; also off Fiji, the Tonga Islands and New Caledonia.
References
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