Vokesimurex rubidus

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

Vokesimurex rubidus
Three shells of Vokesimurex rubidus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. rubidus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
Haustellum (Vokesimurex) recurvirostris rubidus Baker, F.C., 1897 Haustellum (Vokesimurex) rubidum (Baker, F.C., 1897) Murex citrinus M. Smith, 1940 Murex cracherodi G. B. Sowerby II, 1879 (nomen nudum) Murex delicatus M. Smith, 1940 Murex marcoensis Sowerby, 1900 Murex messorius var. rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 (basionym) Murex panamicus Petuch, 1990 Murex recurvirostris rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 Murex recurvirostris var. citrinus M. Smith, 1940 Murex recurvirostris var. delicatus M. Smith, 1940 Murex rubidus F.C. Baker, 1897 Murex rubidus panamicus Petuch, 1990 Vokesimurex rubidus panamicus (Petuch, 1990) Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 68 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, the Bahamas and Brazil.