Vokesimurex multiplicatus
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| Vokesimurex multiplicatus | |
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| Shell of Vokesimurex multiplicatus (original drawing) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vokesimurex |
| Species: | V. multiplicatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vokesimurex multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby, 1895) | |
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Vokesimurex multiplicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
There are two subspecies:
- † Vokesimurex multiplicatus bantamensis (Martin, 1895) (synonyms: Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis (Martin, 1895); Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis var. oostinghi Wissema, 1947; Murex bantamensis Martin, 1895)
- † Vokesimurex multiplicatus darraghi (Ludbrook, 1978)
- Vokesimurex multiplicatus multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895): common name: multiplicate snipe's bill, (synonym: † Murex embryoliratus P.J. Fischer, 1927; Murex eximius Brazier, 1877 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex eximius Bellardi, 1872) )
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.
