Vokesimurex lividus

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Vokesimurex lividus
Shell of Vokesimurex lividus (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vokesimurex
Species:
V. lividus
Binomial name
Vokesimurex lividus
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Haustellum recurvirostris lividus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
  • Murex lividus Carpenter, 1857 (basionym)
  • Murex recurvirostris var. lividus P. P. Carpenter, 1857

Vokesimurex lividus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

The length of the shell varies between 47 mm and 66 mm.

Distribution

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