Vokesimurex donmoorei explained

Vokesimurex donmoorei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

This spiny species varies between 45 mm and 76 mm.

Distribution

Caribbean Sea, Colombia and North coast of South America (French Guyana).

References

• Bullis, H. R. (1964). Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the northeast coast of South America, with descriptions of four new species. Tulane Studies in Zoology. 11: 99-107.
• 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.