Vokesimurex Explained

Vokesimurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, 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 bazarutensis S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2021
• Vokesimurex blakeanus (Vokes, 1967)
• Vokesimurex bobyini (Kosuge, 1983)
• Vokesimurex cabritii (Bernardi, 1859)
• Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
• † Vokesimurex coulsoni (Ladd, 1977)
• Vokesimurex danilai (Houart, 1992)
• Vokesimurex dentifer (Watson, 1883)
• Vokesimurex dolichourus (Ponder & Vokes, 1988)
• Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis, 1964)
• Vokesimurex elenensis (Dall, 1909)
• Vokesimurex gallinago (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
• Vokesimurex garciai (Petuch, 1987)
• Vokesimurex hamanni (Myers & Hertz, 1994)
• Vokesimurex hirasei (Dautzenberg, 1915)
• Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959)
• Vokesimurex lividus (Carpenter, 1857)
• Vokesimurex malabaricus (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Vokesimurex messorius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
• Vokesimurex micropurdyae Houart & Rosado, 2018
• Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
• Vokesimurex multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895)
• † Vokesimurex nasongoensis (Ladd, 1977)
• Vokesimurex olssoni (Vokes, 1967)
• Vokesimurex parkrynieensis S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2021
• Vokesimurex purdyae (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)
• Vokesimurex rectaspira Houart & Héros, 2015
• Vokesimurex rectirostris (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
• Vokesimurex recurvirostris (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 wanneri (K. Martin, 1916)
• Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
• Vokesimurex yuhsiuae Houart, 2014

Species brought into synonymy:

• Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963): synonym of Vokesimurex sallasi (Rehder & Abbott, 1951) (junior subjective synonym)
• 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 (Macpherson, 1962)

References

• Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.