Vokesimurex kiiensis explained

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

Description

Shell of Vokesimurex kiiensis can reach a length of 50-.^[1] This species has a conical, multispiral protoconch, short shoulder spines and short, crowded, blunt spines at the base of the siphonal canal.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is present from the Philippines, Indonesia and the East China Sea; from Southern Japan, the Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea to Queensland, Australia, at depth of about 100 m.^[3] ; also off Madagascar.

References

• Shikama, T. 1970a. On some noteworthy marine gastropoda from southwestern Japan (II). Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section 2 (Geol.), 16:19-27, 1 pl.
• 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
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.eol.org/pages/4831561/overview Encyclopedia of life
2. R. Houart, V. Heros Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga pp. 1–44
3. http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/1900900065.htm WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base