Vokesimurex sobrinus

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

Vokesimurex sobrinus
Shell of Vokesimurex sobrinus (museum specimen 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. sobrinus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
Haustellum sobrinus (A. Adams, 1863) Murex sobrinus A. Adams, 1863 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 37 mm and 77 mm.

The ovate shell has an acute spire. It contains seven convex whorls. These are longitudinally nodosely plicate and transversely lirate with three varices. The shell is very spiny, with two sharp hooked spines. The aperture is almost round. The siphonal canal is straight, closed and very produced. It is spiny at the base. There are two red-brown bands on the body whorl, and the end of the long straight beak is variegated with the same colour.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Korea and China.