Vokesimurex woodringi

Vokesimurex woodringi
Shell of Vokesimurex woodringi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. woodringi
Binomial name
Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
Synonyms
Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 Murex woodringi var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969

Vokesimurex woodringi, common name Woodring's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea. (Panama, Belize, Grenadines).

References

• Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
• Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links

• "Vokesimurex woodringi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.