''Vokesimurex'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neoga ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Vokesimurex'' include:
* ''
Vokesimurex aliquantulus'' Houart & Héros, 2015
* ''
Vokesimurex anniae'' (M. Smith, 1940)
* ''
Vokesimurex bayeri'' Petuch, 2001
* ''
Vokesimurex bellegladeensis
''Vokesimurex bellegladeensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
Distribution
References
* Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (2011) Rare ...
'' (E. H. Vokes, 1963)
* ''
Vokesimurex blakeanus'' (Vokes, 1967)
* ''
Vokesimurex bobyini
''Vokesimurex bobyini'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as ...
'' (Kosuge, 1983)
* ''
Vokesimurex cabritii'' (Bernardi, 1859)
* ''
Vokesimurex chrysostoma'' (Sowerby, 1834)
* ''
Vokesimurex danilai
''Vokesimurex danilai'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
Distribution
References
Muricidae
Gastropods described in 1992
...
'' (Houart, 1992)
* ''
Vokesimurex dentifer
''Vokesimurex dentifer'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as ...
'' (Watson, 1883)
* ''
Vokesimurex dolichourus'' (Ponder & Vokes, 1988)
* ''
Vokesimurex donmoorei
''Vokesimurex donmoorei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as ...
'' (Bullis, 1964)
* ''
Vokesimurex elenensis'' (Dall, 1909)
* ''
Vokesimurex gallinago'' (Sowerby, 1903)
* ''
Vokesimurex garciai'' (Petuch, 1987)
* ''
Vokesimurex hamanni'' (Myers & Hertz, 1994)
* ''
Vokesimurex hirasei
''Vokesimurex hirasei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
References
Gastropods described in 1915
Vokesimurex
{{Muricinae-stub ...
'' (Hirase, 1915)
* ''
Vokesimurex kiiensis'' (Kira, 1959)
* ''
Vokesimurex lividus'' (Carpenter, 1857)
* ''
Vokesimurex malabaricus'' (E. A. Smith, 1894)
* ''
Vokesimurex messorius'' (Sowerby, 1841)
* ''
Vokesimurex mindanaoensis'' (Sowerby, 1841)
* ''
Vokesimurex multiplicatus'' (Sowerby, 1895)
* ''
Vokesimurex olssoni'' (Vokes, 1967)
* ''
Vokesimurex purdyae'' (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)
* ''
Vokesimurex rectaspira'' Houart & Héros, 2015
* ''
Vokesimurex rectirostris'' (Sowerby, 1841)
* ''
Vokesimurex recurvirostrum'' (Broderip, 1833)
* ''
Vokesimurex rubidus'' (F. C. Baker, 1897)
* ''
Vokesimurex ruthae'' (Vokes, 1988)
* ''
Vokesimurex sallasi'' (Rehder & Abbott, 1951)
* ''
Vokesimurex samui'' (Petuch, 1987)
* ''
Vokesimurex sobrinus'' (A. Adams, 1863)
* ''
Vokesimurex tricoronis'' (Berry, 1960)
* ''
Vokesimurex tryoni'' (Hidalgo in Tryon, 1880)
* ''
Vokesimurex woodringi'' (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
* ''
Vokesimurex yuhsiuae'' Houart, 2014
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Vokesimurex bellus'' (Reeve, 1845): synonym of ''Vokesimurex chrysostoma'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
* ''Vokesimurex coriolis'' (Houart, 1990): synonym of ''Vokesimurex dentifer coriolis'' (Houart, 1990) represented as ''Vokesimurex dentifer'' (Watson, 1883)
* ''Vokesimurex lindajoycae'' (Petuch, 1987): synonym of ''Vokesimurex anniae'' (M. Smith, 1940)
* ''Vokesimurex morrisoni'' Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of ''Vokesimurex bellegladeensis'' (E. H. Vokes, 1963)
* ''Vokesimurex tweedianus'' (Macpherson, 1962): synonym of ''
Haustellum tweedianum
''Haustellum'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Like many other genera within the Muricidae, the genus has been redefined several times.
Ponder & Vokes (19 ...
'' (Macpherson, 1962)
References
* Houart R. (2014). ''Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus''. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
External links
*
Muricidae
{{Muricidae-stub