Vokesimurex multiplicatus

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

Vokesimurex multiplicatus
Shell of Vokesimurex multiplicatus (original drawing)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. multiplicatus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby, 1895)
Synonyms
Haustellum multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895) Murex multiplicatus G.B. Sowerby III, 1895 (basionym)

There are two subspecies:

• † Vokesimurex multiplicatus bantamensis (Martin, 1895) (synonyms: Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis (Martin, 1895); Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis var. oostinghi Wissema, 1947; Murex bantamensis Martin, 1895)
• † Vokesimurex multiplicatus darraghi (Ludbrook, 1978)
• Vokesimurex multiplicatus multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895): common name: multiplicate snipe's bill, (synonym: † Murex embryoliratus P.J. Fischer, 1927; Murex eximius Brazier, 1877 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex eximius Bellardi, 1872) )

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs mainly off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), but has also been found off Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Java.