Vokesimurex ruthae

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

Vokesimurex ruthae
Shell of Vokesimurex ruthae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. ruthae
Binomial name
Vokesimurex ruthae (Vokes, 1988)
Synonyms[1]
Murex (Haustellum) ruthae Vokes, 1988

Description

The length of the shell attains 69.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California.