Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (also known as Mindanao murex and Malabar murex) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description The size of the shell varies between 56 mm and 114 mm (2.205 inches and 5.669 inches).
It is distinguishable by its high spire with short shoulder spines, its numerous short spines on the broad, rounded varices of the last whorl, and its almost spineless, long siphonal canal. Life Cycle and Mating Behaviour This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Its life cycle does not include the trochophore stage.
Distribution This marine species mostly occurs off the Philippines. However, they are also found off Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and India.
References
Koperberg, E. J., 1931. Jungtertiäre and Quartäre Mollusken von Timor. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, pp. xii + 165, plates I-III Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
External links
Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. Records of the Australian Museum. 8: 1-160