• Source: Vokesimurex rubidus

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




Description


The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 68 mm.




Distribution


This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, the Bahamas and Brazil.




References



Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.




External links



Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). Descriptions of two new species of shells: Murex marcoensis and Cassis booleyi. The Journal of Malacology. 7(7): 162-163
Petuch, E. J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Nautilus. 104(2): 57-71
Smith, M. (1940). New Recent and fossil molluscs from Florida. The Nautilus. 54(2): 44-46, pl. 2, figs. 1-3, 8
"Vokesimurex rubidus rubidus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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