Vokesimurex rectirostris

Vokesimurex rectirostris, common name : the erect-spined murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Vokesimurex rectirostris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. rectirostris
Binomial name
Vokesimurex rectirostris (Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
Haustellum rectirostris (Sowerby, 1841) Murex rectirostris Sowerby, 1841 (basionym)

Description

The shell of an adult varies between 33 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species can be found off Southwest Japan and Vietnam and in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.