Vokesimurex tricoronis
| Vokesimurex tricoronis | |
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| Shell of Vokesimurex tricoronis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. tricoronis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex tricoronis (Berry, 1960)
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Vokesimurex tricoronis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell attains a length of 54.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cedros Island, Mexico.
References
- ^ a b Vokesimurex tricoronis (Berry, 1960). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Berry S.S. (1960). Notices of new eastern Pacific Mollusca.- IV. Leaflets in Malacology. 1(19): 115-122
- 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.