Vokesimurex anniae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Vokesimurex anniae | |
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Shell of Vokesimurex anniae (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Vokesimurex |
Species: | V. anniae |
Binomial name | |
Vokesimurex anniae (M. Smith, 1940) | |
Synonyms | |
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Description
A fossil species from the Calabrian Pleistocene Bermont Formation of southern Florida.
The length of the shell varies between 27.6 mm and 97 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the East China Sea.
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