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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
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
  • 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)

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, the Bahamas and Brasil.

References
  1. Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texasµ* Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • "Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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