Vokesimurex woodringi, common name Woodring's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.
Description The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm. The species was originally described as Murex woodringi by William J. Clench and Irene Pérez Farfante in 1945. Nowell-Usticke described a variety, Murex woodringi var. gustaviensis, in 1969; it is now treated as a synonym of V. woodringi.
Distribution This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (Panama, Belize, Grenadines).
References
Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls. 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.
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