Vokesimurex mindanaoensis

Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
	A shell of Vokesimurex mindanaoensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vokesimurex
Species:	V. mindanaoensis
Binomial name
	Vokesimurex mindanaoensis; (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
Synonyms
	Haustellum mindanaoensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841); † Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis teschi Koperberg, 1931 ·; Murex mindinaoensis Sowerby II, 1841 (original combination); Murex serratospinosus Dunker, 1883;

Vokesimurex mindanaoensis, also known as Mindanao murex and Malabar murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 56 mm and 114 mm (2.205 inches and 5.669 inches).

It is distinguishable by its high spire with short shoulder spines, its numerous short spines on the broad, rounded varices of the last whorl, and its almost spineless, long siphonal canal.

Life Cycle and Mating Behaviour

This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Its life cycle does not include the trochophore stage.

Distribution

This marine species mostly occurs off the Philippines. However, they are also found off Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and India.

References

^ ^a ^b Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (Sowerby II, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

Koperberg, E. J., 1931. Jungtertiäre and Quartäre Mollusken von Timor. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, pp. xii + 165, plates I-III
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

Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. Records of the Australian Museum. 8: 1-160
"Vokesimurex mindanaoensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (Sowerby II, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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