Vokesimurex sallasi
Species of gastropod
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Vokesimurex sallasi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Vokesimurex sallasi | |
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| Shell of Vokesimurex sallasi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. sallasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex sallasi (Rehder & Abbott, 1951) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 38.7 mm and 58 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the South China Sea.
